Former US President George W. Bush has been awarded the Best Man in Leadership at the on-going 16th International Conference on HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infection in Africa (ICASA) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.The conference has been organized by the Society on AIDS in Africa in partnership with the United States President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief-Ethiopia, UNAIDS-Joint United Nations Perogramme on HIV/AIDS, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO).The Conference which is under the theme “Own, Scale-up and Sustain” aims to serve as an advocacy platform to mobilize African leaders, partners to increase ownership, commitment and support for the response to HIV, AIDS, STIs, TB and Malaria as well create opportunities to define priorities and set policy and programme agenda to enhance mobilization and effective utilization of resources.The award is in recognition of Mr Bush’s support in the HIV/AIDS response during his administration through the setting up of the Global Fund.Presenting the award to the Former US President, the Prime Minister of Ethiopia praised him for the numerous contributions he has made to the lives of people living with HIV/AIDS.Mr Zenawi said it was important for world leaders to follow the footsteps of the former US President to support Africa countries in their quest reduce the spread of the epidemic on the continent.On his part, President George Bush thanked the organizers for the honour bestowed on him and pledged his continued support for the fight against HIV/AIDS.To him, partnership plays a key role in achieving a zero infection of the epidemic across the globe especially in Sub-Saharan continent.He, therefore, called on African leaders to take up the responsibility for the successes of all the programmes initiated on HIV/AIDS.He praised his successor, President Barack Obama for his administration’s prioritising of HIV/AIDS issues.