On World AIDS Day, Obama announces more funding to domestic AIDS programs

President Barack Obama (Pic by The White House, via Flickr) President Obama announced today that $50 million in additional funds will be going toward treatment and care for people living with HIV/AIDS in the U.S. Obama said during “The Beginning of the End of AIDS,” an online conference organized by ONE International , “a grassroots advocacy and campaigning organization that fights extreme poverty and preventable disease, particularly in Africa”: Today, I’m announcing some new commitments. We’re committing an additional $15 million for the Ryan White program that supports care provided by HIV medical clinics across the country