The US Government has announced it will be more than tripling its investment against HIV to 50 billion dollars over the next five years
Currently the US governmetn suports life saving treatment for 1.5 million HIV Sufferers a year, this should become 2.5 Million with the prevention of 12 million new cases with the new funding according to government reports.
I applaud the money being put into this, saving the lives of millions is a cause that cannot be denied and difficult to put a price on. Whether or not it will be effective or not hower is a different matter. Since they are claiming to prevent 12 million new cases they will obviously be taking the contraception and marketing approach, but Africa and Vietnam are very primal places. Despite the attempts to promote condom use in Africa it is still a fairly rare occurence, and many people there are still uneducated as to what HIV and AIDs really are.
Either way now would be an outstanding time to buy shares in condom companies,$50 billion worth of rubbers, thats a lot of fun!
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