U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday pledged up to $ 5 billion to address HIV / AIDS around the world as long as collectively offering double that amount.
Obama urged other countries to replenish the Global Fund to fight AIDS , tuberculosis and malaria as part of a White House event marking the World AIDS Day which falls on Sunday .
Obama also announced a new plan to find a cure for HIV , the virus that causes AIDS , with allocated 100 million dollars for the development of therapeutics at the National Institutes of Health .
" Do not just save us money , " Obama said , as he called for a new global effort to boost funds for AIDS research , as reported by AFP .
" It inspires see the countries most affected by the disease rapidly increase their own contribution in the fight against this disease - in some cases , provide more than that carried by the donor countries .
" It should inspire us all to give more , to do more , so we can save more lives . "
This initiative will promise Washington donate a dollar for every two dollars collectively offered by other countries until a total of 5 billion dollars over the next three years .
Obama also announced that the U.S. President 's Emergency Plan for AIDS relief ( PEPFAR ) , a program started by his predecessor , George W. Bush , has exceeded targets for treating six million people .
" I am proud to announce that we not only achieve our target , we have exceeded our target of treatment . We have helped 6.7 million people receiving life-saving treatment , " Obama said .
Obama also said that the United States will hold a conference next year with global partners to establish joint targets to combat the disease .
Foundation for AIDS Research ( amfAR ) welcomed the announcement that the President of the United States , including a fund of 100 million dollars for HIV drug seeking .
" We can not achieve the target of the President to realize an AIDS-free generation without sustained investment in research is needed to ultimately help us find a cure for this disease , " said Rowena Johnston , vice president and research director of amfAR .
The Obama administration says it has to improve and expand PEPFAR - which depicted the president as the achievement of " phenomenal " from his predecessor George W. Bush .
The program now reaches 1.5 million pregnant women living with HIV with antiretroviral drugs to prevent HIV transmission to their children .
The program also made history in June with a million babies born HIV -free due to support PEPFAR .
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