Whatever Happened to the U.S. AIDS Epidemic?

摘要

Although more than one-third (36%) of Americans believe AIDS is the ost urgent health problem facing the world today," ranking second behind cancer (41%), concern about HIV/AIDS in the United States has been falling. In national surveys, the proportion of Americans who consider HIV/ AIDS to be the "most urgent health problem facing this nation today" has decreased from 38% in 1997 to 17% in 2002". The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) budget for domestic HIV/AIDS programs increased by only 5% from 2001 to 2004, less than the rate of inflation.