Optimism is not without merit, but the science remains incredibly fragile By Richard Jefferys We’re pretty optimistic in this 15-year period we will get those two new tools. —Bill Gates, World Economic Forum, January 23, 2015 Earlier this year, Bill…
We won’t end HIV as an epidemic with anemic goals, delayed surveillance data, feeble support of state policies and resource needs, and an inadequate implementation science agenda By Kenyon Farrow The U.S. National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS) ends its five-year run…
Not only is it the right thing to do for the health of New Yorkers, but a new analysis demonstrates that it is also cost-effective By Ginny Shubert, Housing Works; and Mark Harrington In June 2014, New York Governor Andrew…
By Tim Horn With growing recognition that science and discovery have forged the tools necessary to effectively diagnose, treat, and, indeed, eliminate three of the world’s most lethal infectious diseases—HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and hepatitis C—there is a need for greater mobilization…
On Targets and Timelines: With growing recognition that science and discovery have forged the tools necessary to effectively diagnose, treat, and, indeed, eliminate three of the world’s most lethal infectious diseases—HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and hepatitis C—there is a need for greater mobilization and strengthened accountability among all stakeholders.
Ending AIDS as an epidemic is not just the right thing to do for the health of New Yorkers – it’s also cost-effective. We simply can’t afford a status-quo approach to HIV.
March 2015 Examples of media coverage: FDA Gives HIV ‘Functional Cure’ Go-Ahead For Human Trials: Functional HIV Cure Step Closer To Reality With FDA Approval Of Clinical Human Trials – Medical Daily, March 10, 2015 Study of potential HIV ‘cure’ wins…
On Sunday February 22, 2015 in Seattle, the AIDS Treatment Activists Coalition, AVAC, Project Inform and TAG co-sponsored a community workshop on HIV cure research.
150 organizations called on six pharmaceutical companies to continue funding the vital D:A:D study. 150 HIV Organizations Urge Continuation of D:A:D Study
Today the Ending the Epidemic Task Force, convened by the New York State Department of Health (DOH) at the behest of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, completed its comprehensive, rigorous, and unprecedented Plan to End AIDS in New York State by 2020.