 
September 11, 2008
HIV/AIDS Groups Seek $200 Million Increase for Prevention
Seventy HIV/AIDS groups are calling for a $200 million increase for HIV prevention programs in a letter to Rep. David Obey (D–Wis.), chair of the House Committee on Appropriations, and Rep. James Walsh (R–N.Y.), ranking member of the House Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies. The federal funding would be for fiscal year 2009, Kaiser Network reports.
According to the article, the letter links the impact of HIV prevention programs with an increase in federal funding. Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that annual new infections in the United States decreased from 130,000 to 50,000 from the late 1980s to the early 1990s. The CDC budget had an increase of 50 percent during the same time period.
The letter states: “It is imperative that Congress respond immediately to alarming new incidence numbers and provide CDC additional funding to ramp up its prevention efforts.”
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