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Treatment Action Group Lauds Launch of NYC Sexual Health Clinics as Hubs of Comprehensive HIV Prevention and Care

February 17, 2017
Chad Cipiti

Amid growing concerns about federal government commitments to the national HIV response, TAG applauds the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) for its radical expansion of the city’s sexual health clinics as hubs of HIV prevention, care, and treatment.

LAM PEPFAR Request

February 17, 2017
Chad Cipiti

February 8, 2017: TAG and partner organizations advocating for the rights of people affected by HIV and TB around the world encouraged the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) to support the immediate introduction of the LAM test in all PEPFAR-funded…

Pre-CROI Community HIV Cure Research Workshop 2017

February 12, 2017
Chad Cipiti

On Sunday February 12, 2017 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.

Story: Nigerian Scientists Claim to Have Discovered Complete Cure for HIV/AIDS

February 10, 2017
Dorrit Walsh

December 2016 – February 2017, Updated May 2017 Examples of media coverage: Nigerian Scientists Claim To Have Discovered Complete Cure For HIV/AIDS – Nigerian Bulletin, December 13, 2016 Michael Okpara varsity discovers new cure of HIV/AIDS – Daily Trust, February…

TAG Expands Its End the Epidemic Campaign to Include Southern States Heavily Impacted by HIV

January 30, 2017
Chad Cipiti

New initiative is under way to strengthen community leadership and mobilization toward ambitious HIV prevention and treatment goals against the backdrop of anticipated shifts in federal support and resources for critical programs.

Community Mobilization: An Assessment of Mechanisms and Barriers at Community-Based and AIDS Service Organizations in Nine U.S. Metropolitan Areas

January 6, 2017
Chad Cipiti

New Report Shines Spotlight on Need for More Investments in Community Leadership and Mobilization to End HIV as an Epidemic January 9, 2017 – The success of recent local and state initiatives to end HIV as an epidemic will hinge…

How to measure success Improving our national HIV prevention indicators

December 21, 2016
Chad Cipiti

The first goal of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS) is to “reduce new infections.” In order to monitor progress toward this goal, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Office of National AIDS Policy will be looking…

2016 TAG Update

December 1, 2016
Chad Cipiti

TAG's annual review of progress we've made on the the fight to end HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, and Tuberculosis.

HIV Activists Seek to Accelerate Development of Immune Enhancing Therapies for Immunologic Non-Responders

November 30, 2016
Chad Cipiti

A coalition of HIV/AIDS activists are calling for renewed attention to HIV-positive people termed immunologic non-responders (INRs), who experience suboptimal immune system reconstitution despite years of viral load suppression by antiretroviral therapy. Studies have shown that INR patients remain at increased risk of illness and death compared to HIV-positive people who have better restoration of immune function on current drug therapies.

Story: Israeli Scientists See Breakthrough in AIDS Cure

November 15, 2016
Dorrit Walsh

November 2016 Examples of media coverage: Israeli scientists see breakthrough in AIDS cure – The Times of Israel, November 1, 2016 Israeli researchers offer some hope for HIV carriers – Arutz Sheva 7, November 1, 2016 Israeli research successful in…