2021 Annual Report
This year we celebrate the unending dedication and accomplishments of TAG’s staff. They persevered through the challenges of an ongoing pandemic in 2021 to find new ways to carry out our work.
Let’s Talk! HIV Vaccines 101
On May 18, 2022, Treatment Action Group (TAG), the Black AIDS Institute (BAI), and the Southern AIDS Coalition (SAC) participated in this fun and informative Instagram Live discussion commemorating HIV Vaccine Awareness. Day.
Treatment Action Group Mourns Urvashi Vaid, Celebrates Her Life and Legacy
Treatment Action Group (TAG) today mourns the premature loss of transformative LGBTQ and AIDS activist Urvashi Vaid, formerly executive director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (now the National LGBTQ Task Force) at the height of the U.S. AIDS crisis in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and peerless leader of the LBGTQ movement for many years thereafter.
Joint Statement from Leading HIV/AIDS and Viral Hepatitis Advocates regarding Manufacturer Action on the 340B Drug Pricing Program
A group of six leading HIV/AIDS and viral hepatitis advocates today released the following joint statement regarding recent manufacturer action against the 340B Drug Pricing Program:
TAG Submission to WHO Public Hearing Regarding a New International Instrument on Pandemic Preparedness and Response
At the first of these two public hearings TAG submitted the following statement with six reasons why the new international instrument must explicitly acknowledge the right to science as a central guiding framework.
HIV Updates From CROI: The Good, the Bad, and the Long-Acting
On April 15 TAG presented, "HIV Updates From CROI: The Good, the Bad, and the Long-Acting." This free webinar unpacked the most significant developments in HIV research presented at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infection (CROI), and what they mean for communities affected by HIV.
Talk About It with TAG: The Impact of Long COVID on People Living With HIV
On March 3, 2022, we presented the first "Talk About It with TAG" webinar. This series addresses the needs of community members by having open discussions with researchers and community experts on issues related to COVID-19 and HIV biomedical research.
2022 Pre- and Post-CROI Community HIV Cure Research Workshop
The 2022 Community HIV Cure Research Workshop took place virtually this year due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. There were two sessions, the first on Tuesday February 8th and the second on Tuesday March 1st.
Mourning Paul Farmer, Honoring His Legacy
TAG’s staff and board of directors are filled with grief at the premature death of Dr. Paul Farmer, who illuminated and changed our world with his combination of passion, intelligence, solidarity with the poor, and determined will for social justice.
A Brief Guide to TAG’s Listing of Research Toward an HIV Cure Clinical Trials and Observational Studies
Since 2014, Treatment Action Group’s website has featured a regularly updated listing of clinical trials and observational studies related to the scientific effort to develop a cure for HIV infection. Clinical trials typically involve the administration of experimental interventions, whereas observational studies only require blood draws or other sampling.