Last fall, the Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP) asked Americans to give us their input for the National HIV/AIDS Strategy, which will be released in the coming months. From the beginning, ONAP recognized that community feedback would be invaluable to our National HIV/AIDS Strategy development so we hosted 14 community discussions and meetings throughout the United States, in addition to laun...
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, MMWR 2005;54
The most effective means of preventing human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is preventing exposure. The provision of antiretroviral drugs to prevent HIV infection after unanticipated sexual or injection-drug--use exposure might be beneficial. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Working Group on Nonoccupational ...
Recommendations regarding HIV screening and treatment of pregnant women and prophylaxis for perinatal HIV transmission have evolved considerably in the United States over the last 25 years, reflecting changes in the epidemic and the science of prevention [1-2]. Treatment of HIV disease in general and during pregnancy has progressed with an increasing proportion of women receiving combination antir...
The 8th National Harm Reduction conference will take place at the midpoint of President Obama’s first term. It will be an ideal time to reflect upon what progress we have made. Our work addressing the health and social justice needs of drug users has often been one that has been oppositional but now perhaps we can expect support. Will there be a commitment to preventing drug overdoses among users?...
The workshop will gather a cross-disciplinary team of experts and trainees involved in HIV and aging research, in order to present and discuss the latest developments and strategies for the future, in an interactive and science-focused setting. The meeting will have a two-day program consisting of invited lectures, abstract-driven scientific presentations, and poster sessions. The latest developme...
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