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MSF Expresses Concern Over Proposed FY13 Spending Reduction For PEPFAR
Medical aid organization Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has expressed concern over proposed cuts to PEPFAR under the White House FY 2013 budget proposal, "saying it will undermine the president's own goals" of "treat[ing] six million people infected with HIV around the world by the end of 2013," VOA News reports. While President Obama "has pledged to expand PEPFAR to include more people, his budget proposal for the fiscal year 2013 cuts more than a half-billion dollars from" bilateral HIV/AIDS programs, VOA writes.
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