LUI: OK. In just a few hours, President Obama will announce his new national strategy for fighting HIV and AIDS. And this comes as the U.N. reports a dramatic drop in HIV rates among young people in the worst-affected countries. First, President Obama's plan for you. The goal here is to cut annual HIV infections by 25 percent within five years. Now, about 56,000 U.S. citizens get HIV each and every year. Right now, there are more than one million people across the country living with HIV. Tens of thousands of them are not getting any care. Under the president's plan, there will not be any major increase in federal spending, though. As it stands now, the government spends over $19 billion on AIDS programs. Now, of course, the fight against HIV and AIDS in this country has a long way to go before it's over. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the number of Americans living with HIV is higher than ever before. As we just mentioned, that number is over one million. Now to the U.N. AIDS report for you. Take a look at this map of Africa. It highlights the eight countries the U.N. says have had significant declines in HIV, in large part because of positive changes in sexual behavior among young people. The report says the HIV rate fell by more than 25 percent in these and other African countries most affected by AIDS. One reason cited by the report here, many young people are waiting longer before they become sexually active and they're having fewer multiple partners. That said, the U.N. says nearly 33 million people are living with HIV worldwide. And to reduce the number, the U.N. is implementing a new treatment program that seems to simplify the way HIV treatment is provided. To achieve these full benefits of the new program, the U.N. says progress must be made across these five areas you see right here on your screen: create a better pill and diagnostics is one. Treatment as a prevention. That's number two. And reduce the cost of treatment, three. Increase voluntary HIV testing. And finally, strengthen community involvement. And that is that plan.
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