WH FACT SHEET: The Beginning of the End of AIDS

[Tx4obama]

The White House

Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
December 01, 2011
FACT SHEET: The Beginning of the End of AIDS

Today is a remarkable day. Today, we come together, as a global community, across continents, faiths and cultures, to renew our commitment to ending the AIDS pandemic - once and for all.
--President Obama, December 1, 2011

Combating a Global Pandemic

Since AIDS was identified 30 years ago, the United States has played a leading role in achieving scientific progress, and in translating science into programs. The President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), established by President George W. Bush and a bipartisan Congress and expanded by President Obama, has put that science into action to save the lives of millions in the developing world. Today, President Obama announced new prevention goals for PEPFAR.

The President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, text here: http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/12/01/fact-sheet-beginning-end-aids

[TheWraith]

1. I wish there was more emphasis on vaccine research.

Prevention is good, but particularly in Africa prevention faces extreme hurdles. Both logistical, getting the medical supplies where they're needed, and practical, like convincing people to use condoms. Nothing puts up a firewall against a disease faster than vaccination to prevent new infections.

[Number23]

2. Fantastic.

This thing can and will be beaten. :thumbsup: