In Ethiopia, an orphanage cared for over 400 HIV-positive children, illustrating the dire consequences of the AIDS epidemic. Sub-Saharan Africa was deeply afflicted, with millions of orphans due to AIDS. The crisis was so severe that leaders, such as Botswana's president, warned of societal extinction. PEPFAR was launched in 2003 as the largest initiative by any nation to combat AIDS, receiving bipartisan support. It is credited with saving 26 million lives and supporting nearly 8 million people on treatment, transforming the health landscape in affected regions.
In parts of Botswana, 75 percent of pregnant women had HIV. Most diseases kill the very old and the very young, but this disease was killing the most productive and reproductive parts of society.
The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, first authorized by Bush in 2003, was the largest commitment made by any nation to address a single disease.
We really are in a national crisis. We are threatened with extinction. People are dying in chillingly high numbers. We are losing the best of young people.
As Dybul and Michael Gerson walked through the massive campus, they came to the dining hall, where they saw a mural of Jesus surrounded by a group of children.
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