HIVMA Calls On President-Elect Obama For Leadership, Realistic Funding For HIV/AIDS - World AIDS Day: Dec. 1, 2008

Statement of HIV Medicine Association (HIVMA) Chair Arlene Bardeguez, MD, MPH: The majority of the one million-plus people in this country living with HIV are uninsured or rely on public programs for care. As the economy worsens, and the number of people diagnosed rises, the strain on publicly funded programs will only grow. In fact, one in five people with HIV do not yet know they are infected. Most won’t be diagnosed until the disease has progressed to full-blown AIDS.

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