On the National Front
"The disease that would come to be known as AIDS was first reported on 30 years ago. In that time, both science and perceptions have changed. Donald Abrams and Paul Volberding, among the first doctors to study the strange new disease, reflect on the disease." (www.npr.org 6/5/11)
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Updated Fact Sheet: HIV in the United States
Date:
November 8, 2011
World AIDS Day December 1: Leading with Science, Uniting with Action
Source:
AIDS.gov
Date:
November 8, 2011
The AIDS Institute Supports the 4th Annual National Gay Men's HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
Source:
The AIDS Institute
Date:
September 28, 2011
The AIDS Institute Supports the 4th Annual National Gay Men's HIV/AIDS Awareness Day "Because We Matter"
Start your HIV Prevention Planning for Adolescent Health with the New School Year
Source:
AIDS.gov
Date:
August 12, 2011
The beginning of a new school year presents a great opportunity to start thinking about integrating HIV prevention programming into young people’s lives. While youth as a whole are not overrepresented among HIV positive communities, adolescents are particularly vulnerable to disease transmission due to their risk-taking stage of life. Currently, each year, approximately 14 percent of all people diagnosed with HIV are aged 13-24. Within this group, African American teens are disproportionately affected, representing close to 60 percent of HIV diagnoses among youth and young adults nationwide.
As of August 11, 2011, there were 9,217 individuals on AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) waiting lists in 12 states. This is a 20 percent increase from the 7,674 individuals on the April 2011 ADAP Watch. Nineteen ADAPs, including 11 with current waiting lists, have instituted additional cost-containment measures since April 1, 2009 (reported as of August 3, 2011). In addition, 10 ADAPs, including two with current waiting lists, reported they are considering implementing new or additional cost-containment measures by the end of ADAP’s current fiscal year (March 31, 2012).
Blog posts on AIDS.gov that relate to HIV Policy & Programs
The National ADAP Monitoring Project is one component of NASTAD’s National ADAP Monitoring and Technical Assistance Program which provides ongoing technical assistance to all state and territorial ADAPs. The program also serves as a resource center, providing timely information on the status of ADAPs, particularly those experiencing resource constraints or other challenges, to national coalitions and organizations, policy makers, industry members, and state and federal government agencies. NASTAD received support for the National ADAP Monitoring and Technical Assistance Program in 2010 from the following companies: Boehringer Ingelheim, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Gilead Sciences, Tibotec Therapeutics, and ViiV Healthcare. NASTAD also receives Funding to provide technical assistance to ADAPs through a Training and Technical Assistance Cooperative agreement with the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).
On July 13, 2010, the White House released the National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS). This ambitious plan is the nation's first-ever comprehensive coordinated HIV/AIDS roadmap with clear and measurable targets to be achieved by 2015.
