Foundation launches campaign for congress Aids bill

The Aids Healthcare Foundation has launched a new campaign for a global Aids bill.

It has launched a new YouTube video to urge congress to preserve Aids treatment in the President's Emergency Plan For Aids Relief (PEPFAR) and has outlined key points for a successful bill.

The Foundation wants a 55 per cent treatment floor and a goal to treat ten million people by 2013 to ensure Aids management gets to all those who are sick.

It also outlines clear and ambitious testing requirements because it claims individuals who are aware of their HIV status spread the majority of new infections.

Ensuring congress prioritises its spending on core medical services to meet the treatment of those infected were also proposed by the Foundation.

The new video features Jenny Boyce, a mother living with the disease in Durban, South Africa and explains how, due to her treatment, her children are not orphans and how it saved their lives and families.

PEPFAR was announced by George Bush in 2003 and included a five year $15 billion commitment, making it the largest financial commitment dedicated to a single disease.

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