Washington (SmartAboutHealth) - The International AIDS Conference - AIDS 2010 has come to a close, but not before the tag-team President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made it clear that they were together in the fight against HIV and AIDS.

The International AIDS Conference - AIDS 2010 culminated on Friday with a bang as President Barack Obama pledged that he would increase his efforts in the fight against HIV and AIDS to levels unforseen by the public.

A lot of this work against HIV and AIDS is going to be carried out via the Global Health Initiative. Obama is working along with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in this fight, as they hope to make progress in the fight against HIV and AIDS around the world.

The two have the goal, as do many others around the world, of ending the HIV and AIDS epidemic that we are currently in.

The keys to ending the epidemic include better prevention against HIV and AIDS, as well as improved treatment, more access to medicine, as well as a global acknowledgment that this is something we have to address as humans, crossing boundaries no matter our background.

The closing ceremony features very strong messages from Obama as well as Clinton, and has the fight against HIV and AIDS looking stronger than ever going into the upcoming year.

Hopefully, by next July when the next International AIDS Conference is held in Washington, there will be some very positive news to report.