Secretary Clinton to AIDS 2012: ‘We Will Not Back Off, We Will Not Back Down’

About the Author: Ambassador Eric P. Goosby, MD, serves as U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator.

I don’t think it’s an overstatement to say that Secretary Clinton electrified the AIDS 2012 audience with her keynote address yesterday. Her speech was a perfect combination of substance and inspiration, and the enthusiastic reception made it clear that she had hit all the right notes.

Last November, of course, she articulated the goal, made possible by recent scientific advances, of an AIDS-free generation. This laid the groundwork for Presiden Obama’s pathbreaking announcement on World AIDS Day of ambitious new combination prevention goals for PEPFAR, including a 50 percent increase in our treatment goal, to 6 million by the end of fiscal year 2013.

One thing the Secretary did yesterday was update the world on PEPFAR’s progressmore »

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    About the Author: Ambassador Eric P. Goosby, MD, serves as U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator.
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