Turning The Tide Of AIDS
We can end AIDS.
We now know that treatment is prevention. In May 2011, researchers announced that early treatment of HIV infections leads to a 96 percent reduction in transmission. In addition, early treatment for HIV/AIDS could reduce TB-related AIDS deaths by 80 percent by 2015. That would save an additional 1 million lives.
Despite this groundbreaking news, global AIDS spending fell in 2010 for the first time in a decade. The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria, one of the most effective tools we have to win the fight, is faced with severe budget cuts because countries did not commit promised resources. No new grants were provided in 2012 from this multilateral aid program. The 4 billion funding pledged by the Obama administration in 2013 is in severe jeopardy. Congress and President Obama must ensure that we fulfill our promise and do our part to end AIDS and fight TB. Since its inception in 2002, the Global Fund has saved 7.7 million lives. Economic modeling shows that investing more in AIDS now will reduce deaths and reduce the cost in the long run. The bottom line is that we can turn the tides against HIV/AIDS and TB if we have the political will.
President’s Emergency Fund For AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) will be reduced by 13% in the proposed budget leaving the total spending for that program at 6.4 billion. We must support the Prevention and Public Health Fund in every way and oppose any efforts to reduce, eliminate, or divert its funding to pay for other entitlement programs. It is counterintuitive to cut prevention to pay for medical care.
Let us commit to building bridges between the world that is and the world that could be! Give of your time and your funds because that is one way the human spirit triumphs. Give because it is such a privilege to support people patiently working so hard each day in the world of AIDS. Give with courage, with heart, with faith.
Granny Connection is currently planning fundraising for 2012-2013. Please join us!
We now know that treatment is prevention. In May 2011, researchers announced that early treatment of HIV infections leads to a 96 percent reduction in transmission. In addition, early treatment for HIV/AIDS could reduce TB-related AIDS deaths by 80 percent by 2015. That would save an additional 1 million lives.
Despite this groundbreaking news, global AIDS spending fell in 2010 for the first time in a decade. The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria, one of the most effective tools we have to win the fight, is faced with severe budget cuts because countries did not commit promised resources. No new grants were provided in 2012 from this multilateral aid program. The 4 billion funding pledged by the Obama administration in 2013 is in severe jeopardy. Congress and President Obama must ensure that we fulfill our promise and do our part to end AIDS and fight TB. Since its inception in 2002, the Global Fund has saved 7.7 million lives. Economic modeling shows that investing more in AIDS now will reduce deaths and reduce the cost in the long run. The bottom line is that we can turn the tides against HIV/AIDS and TB if we have the political will.
President’s Emergency Fund For AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) will be reduced by 13% in the proposed budget leaving the total spending for that program at 6.4 billion. We must support the Prevention and Public Health Fund in every way and oppose any efforts to reduce, eliminate, or divert its funding to pay for other entitlement programs. It is counterintuitive to cut prevention to pay for medical care.
Let us commit to building bridges between the world that is and the world that could be! Give of your time and your funds because that is one way the human spirit triumphs. Give because it is such a privilege to support people patiently working so hard each day in the world of AIDS. Give with courage, with heart, with faith.
Granny Connection is currently planning fundraising for 2012-2013. Please join us!