Melissa Block speaks with Jim Bunn, president of Global Health Communications and one of the co-founders of World AIDS Day, about helping to create one of the longest running public health campaigns.


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World AIDS Day
President Bush
United Nations
Global Fund
Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria
Global Health Communication
James Bunn(Jim)
Tom Netter
I think a very, very concrete outcome from that ongoing discussion is the fact that, you know, President Bush put forward, you know, billions of dollars towards the AIDS prevention and education effort for the United Nations. I don't think that would've happened had it not been for World AIDS Day and other things that had been done to keep the momentum going, to keep this item on the agenda. You mentioned momentum, which is interesting because, as we've heard, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria has just announced it's going to be canceling funding for new programs; it says it hasn't received enough donations, which raises a lot of questions about the effect of that will be. What do you think? Well, obviously the effect of that is not good. But I think we all have to take a step back from any of these issues that we feel strongly about. We're in an economy now where there just isn't the same kind of discretionary money that people would have to make donations, whether those be individuals or corporations or foundations. And so, it's not good by any measure but its part of the world that we live in. I've been talking with James Bunn, one of the co-founders of World AIDS Day, along with Tom Netter, back in 1988. He's now the president of the consulting firm Global Health Communication. Jim, thanks so much. You're welcome.