Sheila Nix, U.S. Executive Director of the anti-poverty group ONE, issued the following statement regarding President Obama's announcement of a three-year commitment for FY 2011, 2012, 2013 of $4 billion MORE
ONE, the anti-poverty advocacy organization co-founded by Bono, today launched a cutting-edge PSA campaign featuring pregnant women calling for an end to mother-to-child transmission of HIV by 2015. MORE
ONE today highlighted findings from the Global Fund's 2010 Results Report that demonstrates how U.S. investments fighting HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis and child mortality are working, delivering results measured in 3,600 saved lives per day. With continued investments, the report found that landmark global health achievements-such as the virtual elimination of mother-to-child HIV transmission and the end of deaths from malaria-are within reach by 2015. MORE