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Instead, he spoke broadly and hopefully of a cure. “We will stand with you through every step of this journey until we reach the day possible when all men and women can protect themselves from infection, a day when all people with HIV infection have access to treatment to save their lives. The day when no babies born with HIV and AIDS and achieve what once was hard to imagine, an HIV-free generation. That’s the world I want for my daughters, that’s what we want for our families,” he said. “If we stay focused and honor the memories of those that we’ve lost, if we summon the same courage they displayed by insist ongoing whatever it takes however long it takes, I believe we’re going to win this fight. I’m confident that we’ll do so together.”
The $100 million in funding over the next three years for the HIV Cure Initiative will be “re-prioritized,” the White House said in a fact sheet released, though it did not elaborate on where exactly that money would come from.
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While $100 million seems like a relatively small commitment, experts say it could cost as little as $100 million to make significant progress on HIV and AIDS research.
President Obama Announces New Project To Cure HIVĀ was originally published on blackdoctor.org
