, five-year plan, which is meant to finance both AIDS research and care delivered to treatment and prevention activities both in the United States and around the world. Of this total, $5 billion targets AIDS in some 50 countries while $9 billion is spent on 14 countries that are deeply affected by the pandemic such as those in sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean. In addition, $15 billion is spent in the United States on AIDs, including $2.6 billion for vaccine and cure research (Otterman, 2003).
In the United States, approximately 1.5 million people have been infected with HIV, including 500,000 who have died (Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, 2005). However, an estimated 42-59 percent of Americans living with AIDS have not received regular care. Barriers to care in the United States include lack of individual financial resources, lack of accessible treatment, a failure to address risk factors, and a new increase in the population of women and young peop
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