Budget continues to increase global AIDS funding

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Budget continues to increase global AIDS funding
By Ian Swanson
Posted: 05/08/09 04:04 PM


President Obama's international affairs budget includes $7.6 billion for global health programs, including $5.6 billion to combat HIV/AIDS.

That compares to $4.8 billion that President Bush included in his final budget for global HIV/AIDS work. Bush made global AIDS relief a central part of his foreign policy, and U.S. funding dramatically increased under his administration.

It appears the U.S. effort will not slow during Obama's administration.

In a release, the State Department said the budget would put the U.S. on a path to double foreign assistance by 2015. "This funding will help the world's weakest states reduce poverty, combat global health threats, promote broad-based economic growth, govern peacefully and expand democracy worldwide," the release said.

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