Science Progress » hiv-aids http://scienceprogress.org Fri, 25 May 2012 14:25:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 HIV/AIDS In the U.S. By the Numbers http://scienceprogress.org/2008/12/hiv-aids-in-the-us-by-the-numbers/ http://scienceprogress.org/2008/12/hiv-aids-in-the-us-by-the-numbers/#comments Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:12:05 +0000 Andrew Plemmons Pratt http://www.scienceprogress.org/2008/12/hiv-aids-in-the-us-by-the-numbers/ In recognition of World AIDS Day, our colleagues at the Center for American Progress have prepared a set of stats on the ongoing epidemic in the United States. Among the harrowing numbers cataloged:

The number of African Americans infected with HIV now exceeds the number of HIV-positive people in 7 of the 15 countries targeted by the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR.

The United States has increased its PEPFAR commitment for international HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment by $48 billion over the next five years.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention would need $4.8 billion over the next five years to reduce the annual number of new HIV infections in the United States.

Only 4 percent of the current share of HIV/AIDS domestic funding is devoted to prevention programs.

They go on to provide recommendations for the next administration to develop a National AIDS Strategy.

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