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\u201cMillions of people owe their lives to America\u2019s generosity and the leadership of Presidents Bush and Obama\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

WASHINGTON \u2014 Bono, the lead singer of U2 and the cofounder of ONE and (RED), issued the following statement to mark World AIDS Day:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWhatever your brand of politics \u2014\u00a0left, right, center or none at all \u2014\u00a0if you\u2019re an American, you\u2019re an AIDS activist.\u00a0America has led the way in saving millions of lives around the\u00a0world from this vicious little virus.\u00a0\u00a0On this World AIDS Day \u2014 and every day \u2014 that is a reason for Americans to be proud and the world to be grateful.<\/p>\n

\u201cPresident Bush utterly transformed the global fight against AIDS when he launched PEPFAR,\u00a0the largest commitment\u00a0by any nation to combat a\u00a0single disease in history.\u00a0And if President Bush built the car and got it running, President Obama\u00a0kept his foot\u00a0on the accelerator,\u00a0helping ensure that over 18 million people today are on ARVs largely supported by PEPFAR and the Global Fund.\u00a0Millions of people owe their lives to America\u2019s generosity and the leadership of Presidents Bush and Obama, and support from all sides in Congress. The President-elect will take the baton at a critical moment \u2014 we\u2019re so close to an AIDS-free generation, but still far from where we need to be to get ahead of this disease.<\/p>\n

\u201cGovernment leadership has been essential to fight, but we also have to thank the businesses who have been dealing their own serious blows to this disease. This year marks (RED)\u2019s 10th birthday and we are amazed by what our (RED) partners have done — delivering more than $360 million\u00a0to fight AIDS so far. Just as important as the cash, has been the heat they are keeping on this crisis. Together these resources mean more birthdays for millions of men and women and more\u00a0babies born\u00a0HIV free.”<\/p>\n

AIDS-related illnesses are now the leading cause of death for women aged 15 to 44 on the planet, and over 17,000 women of all ages are infected with HIV every week. In sub-Saharan Africa, young women are twice as likely as young men to be infected with HIV, and 850 young women contract it every day. AIDS deaths have declined by 45 percent since their peak in 2004, but 2.1 million people are still being infected each year.<\/p>\n

The ONE Campaign\u00a0this week released its annual report<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0on the fight against AIDS, warning that funding for the global fight against AIDS was flat and gains in treatment and prevention had not grown for a fourth straight year. Imminent population growth among especially vulnerable populations in sub-Saharan Africa has left world leaders with a four-year window to get ahead of the disease before long-term control slips beyond their reach.<\/p>\n

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