[Ip-health] Wash Post/Kaiser survey on US attitudes towards spending on AIDS

[Mike Palmedo]

This is awful...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30670-2002Jul5.html

Americans on AIDS in Africa: Help and Discipline Needed 
Epidemic Blamed On Africans for Unsafe Practices 

By Richard Morin and Claudia Deane
Washington Post Staff Writers
Saturday, July 6, 2002; Page A03 

"Most Americans favor modest and targeted increases in spending on the
global AIDS crisis but many believe any additional money likely will do
little to slow the spread of AIDS in Africa and elsewhere in the
developing world, according to a survey by The Washington Post, the
Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation and Harvard University.

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"I think it's a matter of people there understanding they need to stop
the actions they're doing," said Elizabeth Stokesberry, 26, of Barre,
Mass., a homemaker who is expecting her first child at the end of this
month. "I don't think the United States should be the world's parent."

<snip>

Few Americans are ready to endorse such a large increase [up to $2B for
fund], the Post/Kaiser/Harvard survey suggests. Not even a third -- 31
percent of those polled -- believes the United States is spending "too
little" to deal with AIDS in developing countries. Half of those
interviewed said this country was spending the "right amount" (34
percent) or "too much" (16 percent) and the remainder were unsure.

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This link shows the actual questions and responses of the poll:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/polls/vault/stories/data070302.htm



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