The history of AIDS is somewhat unknown but scientists have created a theory of the possible development of AIDS. Recent research indicates that HIV probably first jumped from chimpanzees to humans as early as 1675 and didn’t establish itself as an epidemic until 1930 in Africa. By 1959, a man died in the Congo, which researchers believe was AIDS related. HIV disease is characterized by a gradual deterioration of immune function. Most notably immune cells called CD+4 T-cells are disabled and killed during typical course of infection (Matthews). Dr. Lieberman’s, assistant professor of medicine at the New England Medical Center, team speculated that the onset of AIDS symptoms represents a tip on the balance between progressive viral replication and the patient’s immunological defenses, particularly the cytotoxic T-cell response . “The notion of these clinical trials is to enhance the patient

At a conference held in Nairobi on September 21, 2003, a question was raised about how the government can find the money to fight terrorism but can’t find the money to fight AIDS. The government can find over $200 million for terrorism but can’t find money to prevent children from living in terror. UNAIDS estimated about $950 million was spent to fight HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa in 2002. Only half of the $2 billion needed for basic prevention and treatment services. It is estimated that by the year 2005, a totaled of $5 billion will be needed for basic services and an additional $1 billion will be required to provide antiretroviral treatment. Mark Mathabane believes that the AIDS pandemic can be halted. Scientists at Notre Dame show the exponential spread of AIDS can be stopped by attacking its hubs or high areas of concentration. Activists have pressured so long that drug companies have lowered the cost of AIDS medication, but even though the cost has been lowered the poor areas of Africa still can’t afford treatments. Charlotte Ndiaye, President of the Society of Women and AIDS in Africa, (SWAA) says, “We have to define a new approach. That means not only campaigning for better access to medication and backing the search for a vaccine, but putting Africa’s AIDS problem in the African context. Fighting AIDS is about fighting poverty too.”

The funding for the international fight against the global HIV/AIDS pandemic lags and so the some of 200 US and foreign health and relief groups called the US Congress to triple the amount of assistance for fiscal year 2003. Members of the Orfam, Doctors Without Borders, and some three dozen church-related agencies sent a letter to Congress stating Washington should contribute at least $2.5 billion to the anti-AIDS fight. “Without bold investment now, projections are that 100 million people will become infected by the year 2007”, the letter stated. In addition to the US contribution for the fund, Washington intends to spend roughly $575 million this year in bilateral anti-AIDS programs. AIDS activists insist that the amount of $575 million is too little, while UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan expressed that developing countries need a minimum $10 billion to fight AIDS. Americans believe that many key stakeholders are not doing enough to fight AIDS. About 2/3 (66%) of Americans support US spending on the fight against AIDS, and 29% of Americans do not support US spending on the fight against AIDS. The Bush Administration has requested a total of $1.117 billion in Fiscal Year 2003 (including $200 million for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS….) for US International spending to combat HIV/AIDS. This is a 13.1% increase over FY02 ($988 million) and 53.9% increase over FY01 ($726 million.). In FY03, the HIV/AIDS budget of USAID will reach $540 million, a 24% increase over FY02 budget of #435 million.

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is the late stage caused by Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). HIV attacks and destroys certain white blood cells, weakening the immune system. The first 100,000 AIDS cases in the United States were reported over a period

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