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Campaign to get Obama to keep his global AIDS promises

Campaign to get Obama to keep his global AIDS promises

There are 10 million people around the world who still lack access to AIDS drugs. AIDS Treatment costs less than $200 a year for first-line medication. With treatment, a person with HIV can live a full life. And treatment lowers the amount of virus in a person's body, so they are less likely to pass HIV on to others. By providing treatment to people in need, we can save lives and reduce the number of new infections. By not funding treatment, the US and other governments are condeming people to death, and increasing the number of new HIV infections. But, because the US and other wealthy nations haven't funded global AIDS as they promised, millions of people are being forced onto waiting lists for AIDS drug. They will likely die without access.

1. President Obama promised $50 billion over 5 years to global AIDS.

2. He has not kept his promise. His last two budgets have not increased funding for global AIDS.

3. People who were promised AIDS drugs are being forced onto waiting lists, where they will likely die, because Obama did not keep his promise.