Slow Implementation for Needed Changes By Sue Perez and Coco Jervis After a century of failed efforts, decades of debate, and months of partisan rancor, this past March, Congress finally passed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010…
By Scott Morgan With no end to the global funding retreat in sight, new strategies are required to change the way we provide treatment to the world's 33 million people infected with HIV. On June 7-10, the Clinton Health Access…
The Making of the HIV Research Catalyst Forum By Lei Chou and Coco Jervis Matt Sharp discusses the quest for a cure. After a five-year hiatus, NATAF (North American AIDS Treatment Action Forum), a community conference focused on HIV treatment…
By Richard Jefferys The CD4 cell count at which combination antiretroviral therapy should be started is a central, unresolved issue in the care of HIV-1-infected patients. -- When to Start Consortium, "Timing of Initiation of Antiretroviral Therapy in AIDS-free HIV-1…
AIDS Drug Assistance Programs Face a Dire Situation as Waiting Lists Expand for HIV Treatment In the midst of increasing state health budget cuts and service eliminations, people living with HIV/AIDS and advocates are worried about increasing AIDS drug assistance…
“The Vancouver of Implementation Science” meets the “Fund the Fund” Demonstration at the Cape Town AIDS Conference By Mark Harrington The Difference of a Decade For anyone who had been at the Durban, South Africa, AIDS Conference in mid- 2000,…
As the health care reform debate continues, TAG line’s Tracy Swan spoke with James Braun, doctor of osteopathy, a pioneering HIV physician, about how the epidemic has changed, and how our health care system can begin to meet the…
First Signal of Vaccine-Mediated Protection Against HIV Infection is Both Celebrated and Questioned By Richard Jefferys On September 24, 2009, the surprising announcemnet that a vaccine combination had shown efficacy in preventing HIV infection was splashed across the world media…
Are we doing all we can to boost adherence to antiretroviral treatment? Can packaging help people take their drugs more consistently? By Bob Huff My doctor recently gave me a starter pack for a new medication. The pills were packaged…
HIV is not in recession: This was the recurring theme of the IAS conference repeated in speeches and displayed on PowerPoint presentations. By Scott W. Morgan At the Fifth International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention in…