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Clinical Trials for People with Suboptimal Immune Reconstitution Despite HIV Suppression

November 16, 2019
Chad Cipiti

Some individuals who initiate antiretroviral therapy (ART) experience limited recovery of CD4 T cell numbers despite suppression of HIV viral load to undetectable levels. The most common risk factors for this type of discordant response to ART are low CD4 T cell count at the time of starting and older age.

Following Restricted FDA Approval of Descovy As PrEP, TAG Calls on Gilead to Immediately Partner with Community for Research on Vaginal Exposure

October 8, 2019
Dorrit Walsh

TAG laments that development for the latest oral HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) left out cisgender women and transgender men, but welcomes the accountability provided—albeit belated—by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to rectify this inequity.

ANEA Response to Guardian Article on Gov. Rick Scott’s Rejection of $70 Million in Federal Funding to Fight Florida’s HIV/AIDS Crisis

September 18, 2019
Dorrit Walsh

The Act Now End AIDS coalition is deeply troubled by the contents of Ben Ryan’s September 11 Guardian article “'Rick Scott had us on lockdown:' how Florida said no to $70m for HIV crisis." The article, which reflects four years of investigative journalism by Ryan with additional reporting by Noah Pransky, paints a detailed picture of how Florida’s then-governor, Rick Scott, refused Medicaid expansion and federal dollars to fight the epidemic from 2015-2017

MDR-TB Treatment Guideline Communication from NYC DOHMH

January 11, 2019
Chad Cipiti

On January 11, 2019, TB Project Co-Director Lindsay McKenna attended a half-day conference hosted by the NYC Bureau of Tuberculosis Control. The recommendations from the conference are included in the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s press release on the event, which you can download below.

Rapid Shift From Global To National Purchase of TB Drugs Increases Risk of Stockouts and Use of Drugs of Unknown Quality

October 26, 2018
Chad Cipiti

Global activists at the 49th Union Conference on Lung Health in The Hague opened up a pop-up TB drug warehouse to warn about the dire public health consequences of a rushed shift from Global Fund supported pooled procurement of tuberculosis (TB) drugs and other health products to domestic funding and national procurement systems.

Activists Urge National TB Programs and Treatment Providers To Discontinue Use of Harmful Injectable Agents in TB Treatment

October 25, 2018
Chad Cipiti

Activists from around the world called on National TB Programs to discontinue routine use of harmful injectable agents in treatment regimens for drug-resistant tuberculosis, in favor of newer, safer World Health Organization (WHO)-recommended treatments.

Activists: Call On Your Countries To Use BDQ-Based Regimens to Treat TB

September 27, 2018
Chad Cipiti

GCTA, TAG, and DR-TB STAT developed this letter template to help activists to call for bedaquiline-based, injectable-free regimens in their countries. Please download this template letter here and use it in your country to advocate for the best care possible for people with drug-resistant TB.

TAGline Spring 2018

April 10, 2018
Chad Cipiti

Bend the Curves: Incremental change—activism that successfully defends or advances critical research or policy—can sometimes feel inconsequential, particularly when it is hard won, resource intensive, and intangible.

In a State of Disunion: HIV, TB, and HCV Elimination Policies and Priorities Under the Trump Administration

April 3, 2018
Chad Cipiti

By Suraj Madoori During Trump’s first-ever State of the Union address on January 30, activists observed a dearth of clear priorities to eliminate HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis (TB), and hepatitis C virus (HCV) in the U.S. Science and longstanding bipartisan interest in…

It’s up to You, New York: Moving towards HCV Elimination in the Empire State

April 2, 2018
Chad Cipiti

By Annette Gaudino Governor Andrew Cuomo’s March 16 announcement committing New York State (NYS) to ending the hepatitis C virus (HCV) epidemic was the culmination of years of advocacy on a path that paralleled—and is built upon—the state’s nation leading…