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February 18, 2019 Kaleb Shoell
Public Relations Specialist
(385) 216-7796
kalebshoell@aggiemail.usu.edu

A Plan for America to End the HIV Epidemic

UNITED STATE OF AMERICA - The U.S. Department of Health and Human services has a
new plan to help fight the HIV epidemic. Within the next 5 years they want to reduce the number
of reported infections down 75%. They them plan on reducing the number of infections down
90% within the next 10 years. They are going are going to start by putting most resources in the
48 most infected counties in the United States. They are also going to target the states that are
most burdened by HIV/AIDS in rural America.
In America more than 700,000 people have died due to HIV. There is spent 20 billion dollars
each year on healthcare for those who are affected by HIV in the United States. Each year more
than 40,000 people are diagnosed with HIV. It is a number that needs to go down.
President Trump proposed a 291-million-dollar budget to help end the widespread of HIV in
America by 2030. This plan is going to help with that. First of all different geographic hotspots
will be set up according to how many people have HIV in certain areas. The second thing that
will be done is that treatment will be set up across the who United States. The Last thing that will
be done there will be severe management done to make sure that there are fewer that 3,000
infections per year.
The challenges of this is that there is no way to treat everyone equally. There are people who
have better access to care than others. The other challenge is that some people are will not get
treated because of the shame that comes with HIV.

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