Obama pledges up to $5 billion for global AIDS fund
President Obama on Monday pledged up to $5 billion in U.S.
money over the next three years to the pre-eminent global program to combat
AIDS on the condition that the rest of the international community pitches in
$10 billion. Obama announced the pledge to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS,
Tuberculosis and Malaria as the White House marked World AIDS Day. Obama also
announced that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will invest $100 million
in re-prioritized funding over the next three years to launch an HIV cure
initiative.
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