Obama: Keep Your Promise

On the campaign trail, President Obama promised to increase funding for global AIDS to $50 billion over five years. This amount of funding would allow the US to more than double the number of people receiving HIV treatment, and scale up HIV prevention services. It would be sufficient to increase the number of doctors and nurses working in communities. Instead of keeping his promise, Obama has used the economic crisis as an excuse to flat-line funding for global AIDS. This means millions of people are being forced to take a number and wait in long lines for AIDS treatment that may never arrive. Without medicine, people will stop getting tested for HIV at high rates. Infection rates will go up. In short, all of the progress that has been made to date on fighting global AIDS will be lost if Obama does not keep his promise.

Add your name to the petition below, and remind Obama to keep his promise.

Dear President Obama -

We call on you to keep your promise to increase funding for global AIDS programs to the level Congress authorized, and you supported during the campaign. We can end AIDS, but not unless your Administration funds global AIDS at the level you already agreed to.

Sincerely,

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