According to aidsaction.org, every 9.5 minutes, a new American is infected with HIV. The CDC states that there are 56,300 HIV infections each year. The CDC has also estimated that for each HIV infection, it would cost over $1,000,000. The infection rate has been increasing every year. In the past couple years, HIV/AIDS funding has been minimal amount of money for care, prevention, treatment, and research.
With a limited amount of funding, different organizations and programs will keep suffering. Some of these organizations are the Ryan White Program, Housing Opportunities for People with AIDS, and even teaching comprehensive sex education to schools. Research at the Centers for Disease Control has been put on hold due to lack of funding as well.
The CDC is requesting 877 million dollars in the 2009 Fiscal Year, and over the next 5 years, an additional 4.8 billion dollars to take in hand the HIV crisis.
The U.S has been extremely active in the fight against AIDS, and it’s important to help influence policy makers and our government officials to join in.
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