According to the Washington Blade, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced that the United States would prepare a “blueprint” to confront the global AIDS epidemic and realize her previously stated vision of an “AIDS-free generation.”
Clinton described five new funding goals aimed at populations that are particularly affected by HIV/AIDS overseas. Some $157 million is proposed to be used as follows:
• an additional $80 million to support approaches that ensure HIV-positive pregnant women receive treatment to protect themselves and prevent them from spreading the disease to their children and partners;
• an additional $40 million to support South Africa’s plans to provide voluntary medical male circumcisions for almost half a million boys and men in the next year;
• $15 million for implementation research to identify the specific interventions that are most effective for reaching key populations;
• $20 million to launch a challenge fund to support country-led plans to expand services for key populations; and
• a $2 million investment in the Robert Carr Civil Society Networks Fund to bolster the efforts of civil society groups in addressing key populations.
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