The Obama administration has unveiled a new target to expand global AIDS treatment to six million people, up from the earlier goal of four million. President Obama made the announcement at an event marking World AIDS Day.

President Obama: “We know that treatment is also prevention. And today we’re setting a new target of helping six million people get treatment by the end of 2013. To Congress, keep working together, and keep the commitments you’ve made intact. At a time when so much in Washington divides us, the fight against this disease has united us across parties and across presidents, and it shows that we can do big things when Republicans and Democrats put their common humanity before politics. So we need to carry that spirit forward.”