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MARGARET WARNER (Newshour): Countries around the globe will mark World AIDS Day this weekend. The toll of the disease is still enormous. More than 30 million have died since the epidemic broke out. And AIDS accounted for 1.7 million deaths last year.
But there is growing optimism about curbing and perhaps ending the epidemic for the next generation, even as daunting hurdles remain.
Ray Suarez has the story.
RAY SUAREZ (Newshour): The numbers are still staggering. Some number 34 million are live well HIV, almost 5 million more than a decade ago. The U.S. substantially increased its commitment to fighting AIDS under President George W. Bush.
Yesterday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton unveiled the Obama administration's road map to increase access to treatment and eliminate new infections in children by 2015.
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