More Funding Needed? In the United States, approximately 56,000 people become infected with HIV each year, and more than 1.1 million Americans are living with HIV. To combat this growing epidemic, the White House released the National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS) and accompanying NHAS Federal Implementation Plan . The new strategy , the White House says, is designed to reduce the amount of HIV and AID cases, as well as provide funding for medical care for those already afflicted with the disease. Since the inception of the AIDS virus some 30 years ago, today's estimates show that every nine (9) seconds someone in the U.S. is diagnosed with AIDS, despite prevention awareness and advances in HIV/AIDS medication. In the announcement in the White House's Eisenhower Executive Office Building, Health and Human Services secretary Kathleen Sebilius and White House Domestic Policy Advisor Melody Barnes outlined the new strategy that the administration says is t...
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