NOW examines the U.S.'s HIV/AIDS policy from its beginning in the early 1980s through President Bush's historic plan, announced in 2003, to spend $15 billion treating people with HIV/AIDS around the world.

Building on the three-night groundbreaking PBS special Rx FOR SURVIVAL -- A GLOBAL HEALTH CHALLENGE, NOW presents a two-part broadcast beginning on Friday, November 4 that looks at U.S. global health policy to assess where it has been and what the future holds. In part two, "Global Health: America's Response,"NOW examines the U.S.'s HIV/AIDS policy from its beginning in the early 1980s through President Bush's historic plan, announced in 2003, to spend $15 billion treating people with HIV/AIDS around the world.  The one-hour documentary takes viewers on the ground in Uganda-considered one of the few success stories in the developing world in slowing the spread of the virus-examines the controversy surrounding prevention strategies, and asks whether America can sustain this ambitious and expensive effort of keeping so many around the world alive with drug treatment. (NOGL)