Amid growing concerns about federal government commitments to the national HIV response, TAG applauds the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) for its radical expansion of the city’s sexual health clinics as hubs of HIV prevention, care, and treatment.
February 8, 2017: TAG and partner organizations advocating for the rights of people affected by HIV and TB around the world encouraged the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) to support the immediate introduction of the LAM test in all PEPFAR-funded…
On Sunday February 12, 2017 in Seattle, the AIDS Treatment Activists Coalition, AVAC, the DARE Community Advisory Board, the defeatHIV Community Advisory Board, European AIDS Treatment Group, Project Inform and TAG co-sponsored a community workshop on HIV cure research.
December 2016 – February 2017, Updated May 2017 Examples of media coverage: Nigerian Scientists Claim To Have Discovered Complete Cure For HIV/AIDS – Nigerian Bulletin, December 13, 2016 Michael Okpara varsity discovers new cure of HIV/AIDS – Daily Trust, February…
New initiative is under way to strengthen community leadership and mobilization toward ambitious HIV prevention and treatment goals against the backdrop of anticipated shifts in federal support and resources for critical programs.
New Report Shines Spotlight on Need for More Investments in Community Leadership and Mobilization to End HIV as an Epidemic January 9, 2017 – The success of recent local and state initiatives to end HIV as an epidemic will hinge…
The first goal of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS) is to “reduce new infections.” In order to monitor progress toward this goal, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Office of National AIDS Policy will be looking…
TAG's annual review of progress we've made on the the fight to end HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, and Tuberculosis.
A coalition of HIV/AIDS activists are calling for renewed attention to HIV-positive people termed immunologic non-responders (INRs), who experience suboptimal immune system reconstitution despite years of viral load suppression by antiretroviral therapy. Studies have shown that INR patients remain at increased risk of illness and death compared to HIV-positive people who have better restoration of immune function on current drug therapies.
November 2016 Examples of media coverage: Israeli scientists see breakthrough in AIDS cure – The Times of Israel, November 1, 2016 Israeli researchers offer some hope for HIV carriers – Arutz Sheva 7, November 1, 2016 Israeli research successful in…