Congressional Quarterly examines concerns among health advocates and international development experts about what President Obama's FY 2011 budget request might mean to U.S. commitments to particular diseases abroad, such as HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. According to CQ, Obama's request represents an "increase over funding for such programs this fiscal year, [and] it places a new emphasis on maternal and pediatric programs as part of a broader strategy to build stronger comprehensive health care systems, as opposed to the George W... 

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