Obama pledges $5bn to AIDS fund, directs $100m to NIH for cure
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Executive Summary
To ensure scientific breakthroughs for HIV/AIDS are continued to be pursued, President Barack Obama on 2 December pledged $5bn to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and said his administration was redirecting $100m to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) toward finding a cure for HIV.