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United Press International - Tuesday, December 1, 1998
But at a World AIDS Day ceremony at the White House, Clinton said that despite a decline of deaths in the United States, "Our work is far from finished."
He said, "We cannot rest until we have actually put a stop to AIDS. I believe we can do that."
While dozens of similar events were held nationwide today, Clinton focused on a growing class of victims of AIDS -- the children left orphaned by the death of parents from AIDS. The government predicts that up to 40 million children will be orphaned by the deadly disease by 2010. More than 33 million people worldwide are now living with HIV or AIDS, with another 5.8 million becoming infected each year.
Clinton said he was directing $10 million in already approved emergency funds through the Agency for International Development to investigate and combat the problem, particularly in Africa, where he is dispatching his AIDS adviser, Sandra Thurman, early next year.
In addition, the president said he was directing $200 million for additional research on possible vaccines, a 33 percent increase from last year's funding, and $164 million for other research through the National Institutes of Health.
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