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PrEP Pricing Problems

April 1, 2016
Chad Cipiti

A number of barriers to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) uptake, use, and adherence have been identified—cost shouldn’t be one of them By James Krellenstein and Jeremiah Johnson On July 16, 2012, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Gilead Sciences’…

HIV Community Letter to Hillary for America

March 16, 2016
Chad Cipiti

Dear Secretary Clinton: We write to you in the sincere hope that we can work together to transform the pain caused by your March 11th mischaracterization of the Reagans’ role in the AIDS crisis into an urgently needed public discussion of a plan to end the United States HIV epidemic by the year 2025.

AIDS Advocates from Across the U.S. Call upon Presidential Candidates to Make Ending the Epidemic a Priority

March 15, 2016
Chad Cipiti

Secretary Clinton's mischaracterization of the Reagan Administration on Friday, March 11, sparked nationwide upset from HIV/AIDS advocates, service providers, people living with HIV, and loved ones of those lost to the epidemic. But it also has created an opportunity to bring HIV/AIDS to the forefront of the conversation during this campaign season.

Pre-CROI Community HIV Cure Research Workshop 2016

February 21, 2016
Chad Cipiti

On Sunday February 21, 2016 in Boston, the AIDS Treatment Activists Coalition, AVAC, European AIDS Treatment Group, Project Inform and TAG co-sponsored a community workshop on HIV cure research. The workshop has become an annual event that takes place immediately…

Treatment Action Group hails Governor Cuomo’s proposed legislation allowing minors to maintain confidentiality when obtaining HIV treatment or preventive therapy

February 16, 2016
Chad Cipiti

"Governor Cuomo continues to provide globally unprecedented leadership with New York State's plan to end AIDS as an epidemic by the year 2020,” said Treatment Action Group executive director Mark Harrington.

Countering Threats to AIDS Research at NIH: What Happened and What You Can Do

February 2, 2016
Chad Cipiti

February 2, 2016 In an alarming shakeup to the HIV/AIDS community, the U.S. Congress dropped annual budget language that allocated 10% of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) yearly funding towards HIV/AIDS research. The sudden reallocation of resources for…

HIV Prevention Advocacy in the 2016 Election Year: Priorities and Challenges

January 20, 2016
Chad Cipiti

The 2016 elections will shape the work of many HIV prevention policy advocates as we continue to push for broader access to comprehensive services for all priority populations. With impending changes in federal and state leadership fast approaching, HIV advocates,…

Envisioning Comprehensive HIV Prevention Service Delivery in the U.S.

December 18, 2015
Chad Cipiti

RELATED: Toward Comprehensive HIV Prevention Service Delivery in the United States: An Action Plan December 18, 2015 A collaboration between Treatment Action Group and the HIV Prevention Justice Alliance, this webinar discusses the current state of the HIV prevention toolbox…

2015 TAG Update

December 10, 2015
Chad Cipiti

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

TAG’s Response to Sen. Cassidy Statements on AIDS Research Spending

November 20, 2015
Chad Cipiti

I would like to offer comments to correct the record on statements given by Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA) at the October 7, 2015, hearing on the National Institutes of Health fiscal year 2016 budget. Several of his comments to the committee and NIH Director Francis Collins were incorrect or misleading. If his erroneous statements about AIDS research funding at the NIH are mistaken for fact, we will set a dangerous course for current and future research being conducted at the agency and undermine the prioritization process under way at the Office of AIDS Research (OAR).