In 2006, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported 56,300 new HIV infections in the United States. Of those people living with HIV/AIDS, 25 percent were women. The growing domestic HIV/AIDS epidemic signals an urgent need to improve HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and medical treatment services across the country in order to reduce the number of people living with HIV/AIDS.

As part of this effort, President Obama has pledged his commitment to fight HIV/AIDS in the U.S. by calling for the timely development of a comprehensive, coordinated national HIV/AIDS strategy, to serve as a framework for domestic HIV/AIDS programs.

The Foundation has joined more than 500 HIV/AIDS organizations in urging Congress and the Obama administration to develop a national HIV/AIDS strategy. We are working to ensure that voices of women, children, and families with HIV/AIDS are included in the strategy, and that prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and pediatric HIV/AIDS are appropriately addressed.

Additional information
Letter to Jeff Crowley, Director of the White House Office of National AIDS Policy

National HIV/AIDS Strategy Coalition