President Obama submitted his FY 2012 Budget Request to Congress includes an increase of $58.3 million for domestic HIV/AIDS prevention programs

February 17, 2011
Dear Colleagues,

On Monday, President Obama submitted his FY 2012 Budget Request to Congress. I am very pleased to announce that his proposed budget includes increased funding for several key initiatives at the National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP). In a time of fiscal austerity at the federal and state levels, this support is crucial both to sustain existing activities and implement new, key initiatives in support of the Administration’s priorities.
The President’s budget request demonstrates significant support for the National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS) that was released last summer. Notably, the budget request includes an increase of $58.3 million for domestic HIV/AIDS prevention programs to support actions outlined in the NHAS. In addition, a significant portion of HIV funding will be reallocated to increase support for high-impact prevention interventions aligned with the NHAS. In FY 2012, the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention will begin to implement a formula for the flagship HIV cooperative agreement with health departments to better follow the changing epidemic. In order to more closely coordinate HIV school health education with other HIV and STD prevention programs, the budget request proposes a transfer of HIV school health funding to NCHHSTP.
The President’s budget request also responds to the Institute of Medicine’s recent report on viral hepatitis and liver cancer by recommending a $5.2 million increase for viral hepatitis prevention in the U.S. The budget request also provides an increase of $6.7 million to address emerging needs in STD prevention and control. The budget request proposes a 1 percent reduction in TB as compared to the FY 2010 amounts; total funding for TB is approximately level with the FY 2011 President’s Budget. The FY 2012 budget request also includes language that would provide CDC and its HIV, viral hepatitis, STD and TB grant recipients the authority to transfer up to of 5 percent of their awards to address the syndemics of HIV, viral hepatitis, other STDs, and TB.
This budget affords the opportunity to make greater progress toward national goals for the prevention of HIV, STD, TB and viral hepatitis. I encourage you to review the FY 2012 budget request for more details about these proposals.
Sincerely,
/Kevin A. Fenton/
Kevin A. Fenton, M.D., Ph.D., F.F.P.H.
Director
National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention