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The High Cost of PrEP: Updates on Community and Health Department Efforts to Get Affordable TDF/FTC (Truvada) to Those Who Need It Most

June 5, 2019
Chad Cipiti

This webinar took place on June 5 and gave an overview of the recent PrEP pricing advocacy that has taken place, and provided information on how webinar attendees can get more involved in ongoing community efforts to make PrEP affordable.…

TAG Submitted Testimony to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform Hearing on “HIV Prevention Drug: Billions in Corporate Profits After Millions in Taxpayer Investments”

May 16, 2019
Chad Cipiti

TAG submitted testimony for the record for the hearing, "HIV Prevention Drug: Billions in Corporate Profits after Millions in Taxpayer Investments" at the request of members of the House Oversight and Reform Committee.

TAG Remembers Andy Velez (1939—2019)

May 14, 2019
Chad Cipiti

On May 14, 2019, HIV/AIDS activism lost one of its true giants. Andy Velez has been an unwavering hero to people affected by the virus around the world, and a mentor to advocates throughout his over three decades of dedicated service. No words can capture the impact of the loss of this great man.

Advocates Must Press the CDC to Enforce its PrEP Patents in Order to End HIV as an Epidemic

March 28, 2019
Chad Cipiti

TAG statement calling for advocates to stand with PrEP4All in demanding CDC enforce its PrEP patents.

Gene Editing in HIV Research

March 21, 2019
Chad Cipiti

The purpose of this issue brief is to provide background information on gene editing in HIV research, and context for the news about researcher He Jiankui’s misuse of the technology to alter embryos (Chinese authorities have since declared He's experiments…

ANEA Statement on the President’s Fiscal Year 2020 Budget Proposal

March 15, 2019
Chad Cipiti

The Act Now End AIDS coalition (Act Now End AIDS) expresses deep disappointment with the President’s Fiscal Year 2020 (FY 20) budget proposal for its failure to provide the fiscal resources, policy leadership, and political vision needed to end the HIV epidemic in the United States. TAG is a member of the coalition.

Treatment Action Group Statement on the President’s Fiscal Year 2020 Budget Proposal

March 13, 2019
Chad Cipiti

Treatment Action Group (TAG) opposes the President's FY 2020 budget proposal, which makes a mockery of the administration's purported strategy to end AIDS in the United States over the next decade.

Pre-CROI Community HIV Cure Research Workshop 2019

March 4, 2019
Chad Cipiti

On Sunday March 3, 2019 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. The…

EATAN HIV/AIDS & Hepatitis C Community Summit Report

February 25, 2019
Chad Cipiti

In July, 2018, The European African Treatment Advocates Network (EATAN), in conjunction with TAG, held a Community Summit in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. EATAN focuses on supporting the medical and social needs of African migrant populations with HIV, HCV and other…

Statement on President Trump’s State of the Union Remarks on Ending the U.S. HIV Epidemic by 2030 from the Act Now: End AIDS Coalition

February 6, 2019
Chad Cipiti

This statement was released last night by ANEA in response to the President’s SOTU announcement.