The president's budget proposal provides $140 million in new funding for an initiative to effectively end HIV transmission in the United States within a decade.
An HIV kit that the District of Columbia introduced in 2016 to educate black females about using a daily pill that reduces the risks of contracting HIV. By Lena H. Sun Lena H.
The budget also includes $120 million for the Health Resources and Services Administration to deliver additional care and treatment for people living with HIV through the Ryan White HIV/AIDS program, and another $50 million in proposed funding for community health centers at HRSA for expanded PrEP services. The Indian Health Services would also receive funding to enhance HIV testing and referrals to care.
“While the Trump budget includes several budget cuts that we cannot support, ending HIV is something we can all support,” said Carl Schmid, deputy executive director of the AIDS Institute. “This opportunity is too important to squander. Now is the time for Congress to work together and invest the necessary resources to end HIV once and for all.” Schmid is also co-chair of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS.
In addition, on the global front, the administration is proposing cuts to global AIDS programs. The administration is proposing cuts to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria, and also to the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, known as PEPFAR, the multibillion-dollar program launched by former President George W. Bush. This is the administration’s third budget request that has cut global funding. Congress has rejected the cuts each previous year.
In the United States, the HIV initiative will focus on the parts of the country that account for more than 50 percent of new HIV diagnoses. They are in 48 hot spot counties, the District of Columbia, San Juan, Puerto Rico, and the rural areas of seven states, most of them in the South: Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma and South Carolina.
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