Obama, world leaders taken to task as AIDS meeting ends

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Source: IANS

Vienna, July 23: US President Barack Obama and leaders of governments across the globe were asked to do more to fight the HIV/AIDS epidemic by activists, as the 18th International AIDS Conference ended Friday in Vienna.

In a video message, Obama stressed his focus on groups that have a high risk of HIV infection. The statement sets the stage for the next such conference, which is scheduled to take place in Washington in 2012.

Obama reiterated the US HIV/AIDS strategy that was unveiled earlier this month. Its goal is to reduce the number of new infections by 25 percent over the next five years, and focus on prevention efforts among homosexuals, African-Americans and other high-risk groups.

But activists told delegates in Vienna that the US still had some work to do in dealing with the HIV epidemic.

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