usa $28.4 billion funding for hiv in 2012

Not sure whether AVX can get funding support from USA atm, but hopefully AVX's marketing partner has this ability and the rumor from the broker has some basis.

Anyway, USA is providing $28 billion funding for HIV, including globle at $7b in 2012.

http://www.kff.org/hivaids/upload/7029-07.pdf

President Obama’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 federal budget request, released on February 14, includes an estimated $28.4 billion for combined domestic and global HIV/AIDS activities.1 Domestic HIV/AIDS is funded at $21.5 billion and global at $6.9 billion.2 The FY 2012 request represents a 4.7% increase ($1.3 billion) over FY 2011 levels, which were recently finalized by Congress (and reflected in this fact sheet). Final funding levels for FY 2012 are still being considered by Congress. Detailed data for FY 2007-FY 2012 are provided in Tables 1-2.
Federal funding for HIV/AIDS has increased significantly over the course of the epidemic, including by $7 billion (or 34%) since FY 2007 (see Figure 1). This growth has been driven primarily by increased spending on mandatory domestic care and treatment programs, as more people are living with HIV/AIDS in the U.S., and by increased funding to combat the global epidemic. Federal funding for HIV/AIDS, however, represents a small fraction (<1%) of the overall federal budget of the United States.
The federal HIV/AIDS budget is generally organized into five broad categories: care; cash & housing assistance; prevention; research; and global/international. The first four categories are for domestic programs only. More than half (53%) of the FY 2012 request is for care and treatment programs in the U.S.; 10% is for domestic cash/housing assistance; 4% is for domestic HIV prevention; 10% is for domestic HIV research; and 24% is for the global epidemic, including funding for international research (See Figure 2).
Federal funding is either mandatory or discretionary. Discretionary funding levels are determined by Congress each year through the appropriations process. Mandatory spending, primarily for entitlement programs, is determined by eligibility rules and cost of services for those who are eligible, and is not dependent on annual Congressional appropriations (e.g., if more people are eligible and/or the cost of services goes up, mandatory spending will also increase). Mandatory spending accounts for $13.8 billion, or 49%, of the budget request and includes: Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI), Supplemental Security Income (SSI), and the Federal Employees Health Benefits Plan (FEHB), programs which provide health coverage and cash assistance for people with HIV/AIDS. In FY 2010 and FY 2012, it also includes mandatory spending provided to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from the “Prevention and Public Health Fund” (PPHF), a new fund created by the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
The remaining $14.6 billion (51%) of the federal HIV/AIDS budget is discretionary, and is determined annually by Congress during the appropriations process. Of this, $7.7 billion (27% of the overall AIDS budget request and 53% of the discretionary component of the request) is for domestic programs – prevention research, housing, and non-mandatory care programs (e.g., the Ryan White Program). The remainder of the discretionary budget, $6.9 billion (24% of the overall request and 47% of the discretionary component), is for the global epidemic. The share of the discretionary budget allocated to global HIV/AIDS has increased over the past decade.
The Domestic HIV/AIDS Budget
In July 2010, the White House released the first comprehensive National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS) to combat the domestic epidemic, with three main goals: to reduce new HIV infections, increase access to HIV care, and reduce HIV-related disparities.3 The FY 2012 budget request includes funding to achieve these goals.
Care: The largest component of the federal AIDS budget is health care for people living with HIV/AIDS in the U.S., which totals $14.9 billion in the FY 2012 request (53% of the total and 70% of the domestic share). This represents a 6% increase
Figure 2: Federal Funding for HIV/AIDS by Category, FY 2012 Budget Request (US$ Billions)
Total: $28.4 billion
*Categories may include funding across multiple agencies/programs; global category includes international HIV research at NIH.
Care & Treatment $14.9 53%
Research $2.8 10%
Prevention $1.0 4%
Global* $6.9 24%
Cash & Housing Assistance $2.7 10%
$21.2 $23.4 $25.3 $26.2 $27.1 $28.4 FY 2007FY 2008FY 2009FY 2010FY 2011FY 2012Figure 1: Federal F