FYI - here is the latest on the president's budget for the coming year.
It looks like international health is again shortchanged.

Mary Anne


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Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2004 08:07:17 -0500
From: Chuck Woolery <chuck@...>
Subject: Re: Feb. 13 planning lunch of COLEAD's Earth Legacy

FYI: The President's 2005 Budget request to Congress was released on
Monday. It under-funds the fight against AIDS, TB and malaria worldwide.
The President's Budget provides just $200 million for the Global Fund to
Fight AIDS, TB, and Malaria (far below the minimum $1.2 billion the Fund
needs in 2005 and less than half of what Congress provided for 2004).
The budget also cuts bilateral TB and malaria programs by $80 million and
the overall Child Survival and Health Account by over $400 million!

The President's budget also includes significant cuts to Environmental
programs.

Perhaps the APHA IH section volunteers working on strategic planning
should take up the issue of where we will apply our limited advocacy
resources. Perhaps it should be put into regime change.

Chuck

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