Obama AIDS Plan Aims to Cut Infections by 25%
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The White House released the first comprehensive U.S. domestic strategy against AIDS today, aiming to reduce the number of cases by 25 percent in five years and expand early access to medicines.
The National AIDS Strategy fulfills President Barack Obama’s campaign pledge to unify efforts among federal agencies and state partners. It will be implemented with $30 million from the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, said Kathleen Sebelius, secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.