WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 (UPI)

U.S. President George Bush Tuesday hailed his AIDS relief effort as the largest international health initiative in history for a single disease. Bush pledged $15 billion over five years as part of the President’s Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief, $2 billion of which has been allotted through 2008. Domestically, Bush has called for routine HIV testing and an end to discrimination for those who have tested positive for the virus. In his State of the Union address, Bush called for an end to restrictions on foreigners with AIDS from entering the United States without a waiver to help them make short visits.

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