In the 1980s and 1990s, the pair helped pass bills to fund child care, AIDS treatment and prevention programs, and children's health insurance, among other things.

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Since 1993, it has more than doubled spending on AIDS research, prevention and treatment.

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Today, I am pleased my Administration will make public new data that demonstrates we are on track to meet the ambitious treatment and prevention targets I announced on World AIDS Day a year ago.

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The UN report predicts that unless there is a massive increase in prevention and treatment, 68m people will die of AIDS in the 45 most-affected countries between 2000 and 2020.

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The Dutch Aids-prevention programme, with its distribution of free needles and extensive treatment programmes, also compares well with those of other countries.

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Through the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), we are on track to meet the HIV prevention and treatment targets I set last year.

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