What will President Obama do to help HIV-positive women like Lungile? Make Your Voice Heard Today!

Dear Friend,

This presidential election has been one for the record books. The past several months have certainly been politically charged, but with the results finally in, what will an Obama administration mean for women and children living with HIV/AIDS?

We need your help to ensure that President-elect Obama makes women and children living with HIV/AIDS a priority.

The lives of HIV-positive women like Lungile from Swaziland depend on it. Lungile discovered she had AIDS when she became pregnant and visited a local health clinic for medical care. Thanks to lifesaving medicines that help prevent HIV transmission from mother to child, Lungile gave birth to a baby free of HIV.

Right now, women and children like Lungile and her baby rely on essential global HIV/AIDS services to improve their health. But what does their future hold?

That's where you come in. Tell President-elect Obama to support lifesaving HIV/AIDS programs for women, children, and families around the world.

To truly turn the tide against HIV/AIDS worldwide and improve the lives of women and children, the president-elect must take the following five steps in his first term:

• Fully fund the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR);
• Expand global access for HIV-positive pregnant women to prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) services;
• Increase the percentage of HIV-positive children on medical treatment worldwide;
• Strengthen U.S. commitment to fighting HIV/AIDS at home, including increased funding for the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act; and
• Increase the number of medicines tested and approved for children and support research toward finding a pediatric HIV vaccine.

Now is the time for leadership in the fight against HIV/AIDS. The consequences of inaction could put millions of women and children at risk of not receiving the medical care they need, and squander the investments made already to fight this disease.

Please join me in urging President-elect Obama to keep our promise to women and children with HIV/AIDS.

Thanks for your support!



Pamela W. Barnes
President and Chief Executive Officer
Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation