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NEWS ON THE FIGHT TO END HIV/AIDS, HEPATITIS C, AND TUBERCULOSIS

Nothing About Us Without Us

This TAGline is all about the importance of community engagement in research to end the epidemics of HIV, HCV, and TB. As this edition’s cover shows, protestors at the “Storm the NIH” demonstration and die-in in May 1990 demanded political will and funding for research, and equitable access to treatment for HIV. This bold and knowledgeable action brought about a massive increase to investment in HIV research, and extensive changes to how AIDS clinical trials were conducted.

This and other actions of ACT UP, TAG, and other HIV activists have proved how important it is to meaningfully involve affected communities in each step of the planning and conduct of the research itself. They showed that their goal of “nothing about us without us” could be a reality. TAG’s work continues to perpetuate progress towards this end every single day.

In this issue of TAGline you’ll find:


TAG has its roots in ACT UP and activism, so this is a very special TAGline for us. We hope you’ll find it as inspiring to read as we did to write.

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