the abc's of ignoring reality...and killing people

The GAO released its report today on the Bush Administration's "ABC" (Abstain, Be Faithful, or use Condoms - yes, an extremely clever acronym from an extremely clever man) model for global AIDS prevention funds.

The Guardian says:
The emphasis on sexual abstinence in President Bush's $15-billion global AIDS plan is creating confusion and impeding efforts to tailor prevention programs to specific Third World countries' needs, the investigative arm of Congress reported Tuesday.
U.S. teams in most of the key countries report they are having a hard time designing programs that work for local prevention and which also meet the administration rules, the Government Accountability Office reported.
Specifically, U.S. field workers complained to GAO about ambiguity in the Bush administration spending guidelines for the 20 countries that are receiving more than $10 million each in prevention aid, most of them in Africa.