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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 1, 2010 | MEDIA CONTACT:  Johnathon Briggs, 312-334-0922

The White House budget proposal unveiled Feb. 1 will result in further reductions in HIV prevention and care services across the U.S. with scarcely any help from the federal government, AIDS advocates warn.

“Even with the nominal HIV funding increases proposed by the Obama Administration, fewer HIV prevention and care services will be provided across the country because of disastrous state budget cuts, which will only widen the gap in unmet need,” said David Ernesto Munar, AIDS Foundation of Chicago (AFC) vice president.