Broken Promises
President Obama has broken campaign promises to fully fund global health. People will die and suffer as a result.
When President Obama released his $3.6 trillion budget on May 7, he broke his campaign promises and created a total shortfall of $3.3 billion for U.S. bilateral AIDS programs, including PEPFAR, and for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
GAA estimates that as a consequence of President Obama's broken promises on U.S. bilateral AIDS programs:
- One million people around the world will not receive anti-retroviral medications;
- 2.9 million women won't receive services to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV;
- 27 million people will not access sexual disease prevention programs; and
- 1.9 million orphans and other children affected by or vulnerable to HIV/AIDS will not receive care and support services.
You can act now to change this!
Join people from around the world in telling President Obama that he must keep his campaign promises.
Please sign this petition and let President Obama know how you feel.
Dear President Obama: Please keep your promise to fully fund U.S bilateral AIDS programs and to make a "fair share" contribution to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. Please also tell the U.S. Congress to make enough money available for this purpose. The world is watching and waiting for your response, Mr. President.