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October 1, 2008 Contact: Krishna Stone, GMHC, 212.367.1016 HIV/AIDS GROUP PRAISES SENATOR MCCAIN’S CALL FOR A NATIONAL AIDS STRATEGY Senator McCain supports the call for a National AIDS Strategy in the United States, the Washington Blade reported on October 1. In supporting a National AIDS Strategy, McCain joins his opponent Senator Barack Obama, who endorsed the call for such a strategy a year ago in an AIDSvote.org survey. The U.S. requires countries receiving assistance through the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) to have a National AIDS Strategy, yet since 1981 the U.S. has never had one itself. Since 2007, a growing grassroots movement has called on the next President to develop and implement a National AIDS Strategy that coordinates across agencies and social sectors, as well as promotes accountability for improved outcomes. "We commend Senator McCain for joining Senator Obama in calling for a National AIDS Strategy," said Marjorie Hill, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer of Gay Men’s Health Crisis. "Such bipartisan consensus on the need to focus on HIV/AIDS here at home is promising. McCain’s support for such a plan ensures that no matter who is elected President in 2009, we will start to give the domestic HIV/AIDS epidemic the attention it deserves. This strategy must increase access to prevention and care services, as well as reduce HIV infections." Hundreds of individuals and organizations have endorsed the call for such a strategy, and Congress appropriated $1.4 million for FY09 to pay for staff in the White House National Office of AIDS Policy to create and implement this strategy. The Democratic Party Platform called for a National AIDS Strategy, but the Republican Party Platform did not. For more information, please visit www.nationalaidsstrategy.org . * * * Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC) is a not-for-profit, volunteer-supported and community-based organization committed to national leadership in the fight against AIDS. We provide prevention and care services to more than 15,000 men, women and families that are living with, or affected by, HIV/AIDS in New York City, and advocate for scientific, evidence-based public health solutions for hundreds of thousands worldwide. Our Mission: GMHC fights to end the AIDS epidemic and uplift the lives of all affected.   © 2008 Gay Men's Health Crisis

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