2025 Statements
An Ethical and Legal Crisis: Treatment Action Group (TAG) Statement on the Withholding of NIH Funding for HIV Clinical Research Networks
May 21, 2025 — TAG demands immediate action by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to provide Congressionally appropriated and committed funding to the HIV clinical research networks (ACTG, HPTN, HVTN, IMPAACT).
U.S. Funding Cuts Threaten 39 Research Sites in South Africa Putting Scientific Advancements and Hard Won Progress Against TB and HIV at Risk
May 15, 2025 — Lifesaving scientific research on prevention, testing, treatment and care for people living with HIV and tuberculosis (TB) in South Africa is under serious threat due to funding suspensions and grant terminations from the United States (US) government.
Diagnostics Equity Consortium: Close the Deadly TB Testing Gaps in Asia-Pacific
April 23, 2025 — TAG is one of the endorsers of this Diagnostic Equity Consortium statement and call to action advocating for scaling up access to diagnostics to address the deadly gaps in TB testing.
TAG Joins Call for the Resignation of HHS Secretary RFK, Jr., as a “Danger to the Public’s Health”
April 9, 2025 — Treatment Action Group (TAG) decries the vicious and inchoate attacks on HHS since the advent of the new administration, which have escalated significantly over the past week.
TAG Condemns Plans to Eliminate Vital HIV programs at the CDC’s National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention
March 25, 2025 — TAG is deeply concerned about the Trump administration’s potential plans to eliminate vital HIV programs at the CDC’s Division of HIV Prevention (DHP) and other programs in the National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP).
TAG Defends Continuing Vital TB and HIV Research in South Africa
March 18, 2025 — Treatment Action Group (TAG) opposes in the strongest possible terms the termination of National Institutes of Health (NIH) research awards and contracts to South Africa, feared following reporting by Science.
Treatment Action Group Opposes the Nomination of Dr. Jay Bhattacharya for Director of the U.S. National Institutes of Health
March 7, 2025 — The nomination of Dr. Jay Bhattacharya for Director of the United States National Institutes of Health (NIH) continues the pattern of un- and under-qualified nominees put forward by the current administration.
ANEA and TAG Stand in Solidarity with Demonstrators Fighting to Save PEPFAR
February 26, 2025 — The ACT NOW: END AIDS Coalition (ANEA) and Treatment Action Group (TAG) are proud to stand in solidarity with activists demonstrating today at the U.S. Capitol demanding that the U.S. government restore full funding to the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)
TAG Fiercely Condemns the New Administration’s War on Science
February 18, 2025 — Treatment Action Group (TAG) is disgusted and appalled by the new presidential administration’s flagrant attack on science.
TAG Joins Allies at State Department to Demand Full Restoration of US Support for Global AIDS Programs
February 6, 2025 — Treatment Action Group (TAG) fiercely condemns the new presidential administration’s deadly and hateful attack on people living with HIV and their communities at home and around the world.