Our nation must do all it can to focus its efforts on fighting HIV and AIDS. A top priority for all Democrats will be the continued investments in research, prevention, care, treatment and.we are deeply committed to the search for a cure. Democrats continue to support important programs such as the Ryan White CARE Act, the Housing Opportunities for People with AIDS program and incentives to return Americans with HIV/AIDS to work
As a Global and National Security Issue
. . . But the most severe global epidemic is HIV/AIDS. It is more than a health tragedy, it is a threat to global security. AIDS now grips 20 million Africans. Fourteen million have already died, a quarter of them children. Each day, 11,000 more men women, and children become infected. Diseases like AIDS threaten not only just individual citizens, but the very institutions that define and defend the character of society. The Democratic Party believes we can and must do more to prevent the transmission, care for those who are ill, and lead to knitting together the scores of AIDS-fighting initiatives into a global campaign to defeat this threat. |
