Obama announces funding for AIDS research, prevention

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Obama announces funding for AIDS research, prevention

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/obama-announces-funding-aids-research-prevention-234409286.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/zK6oAUGooG1gfVoEcupDvw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-12-02T234409Z_1_CBRE9B11TXR00_RTROPTP_2_OBAMA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="U.S. President Barack Obama applauds his audience during an event held in observance of World AIDS Day at the White House in Washington" align="left" title="U.S. President Barack Obama applauds his audience during an event held in observance of World AIDS Day at the White House in Washington" border="0" /></a>President Barack Obama on Monday announced a boost to funding for research into HIV/AIDS prevention and pledged up to $5 billion to support an international effort aimed at combating HIV/AIDS. Speaking at the White House to mark World AIDS Day, the president said the United States would contribute $1 for every $2 pledged by other donors over the next three years to support The Global Fund, an international financing institution that fights AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. Obama also said he would redirect $100 million into a National Institutes of Health program to research a cure for HIV, the human immunodeficiency virus that causes AIDS. &quot;The United States should be at the forefront of new discoveries into how to put HIV into long-term remission without requiring lifelong therapies - or, better yet, eliminate it completely,&quot; Obama said at an event attended by Secretary of State John Kerry and software magnate Bill Gates, whose foundation has pledged up to $500 million for The Global Fund.</p><br clear="all"/>

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