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CDC Announces Impending Incidence Announcement... Data to be released at Int'l AIDS Conference

by Julie Davids
Tue, 07/22/2008 - 8:59pm

CDC has announced its upcoming announcement of new incidence numbers that will show that rates of HIV in the United States are higher than previously estimated. Their "Dear Colleague" letter is below:  read more »

Noble and Good Tainted by Ideological Nonsense: SIECUS on PEPFAR

by Julie Davids
Sun, 07/20/2008 - 8:49pm
SIECUS put out a great statement that really nails the problems in the PEPFAR bill that passed the Senate...
Statement of Joseph DiNorcia, Jr., President and CEO of SIECUS, on the Senate’s Passage of PEPFAR:

"It is a shame that something as noble and good as PEPFAR has become tainted by the ideological nonsense of the outgoing administration.  read more »

Dr. David Holtgrave Shines A Light....

by Julie Davids
Wed, 12/05/2007 - 11:05am

Even though it was his 20th wedding anniversary, Dr. David Holtgrave, a top HIV policy analyst and researcher, joined us for the Unity March yesterday. He lost his voice, so he presented his speech as a series of phrases on notebook paper, which I got to read out loud --

But his concise words really sum up the implications of the incidence controversy -- here they are!

LOST MY VOICE

I PJM

NEW INCIDENCE # IS....

AT LEAST 40,001

WHETHER 40,001 OR 60,000...

ISSUES ARE THE SAME....

1. CDC'S 2010 GOALS TOO LOW

2. PREVENTION FUNDS DOWN 19%

(ADJUSTED FOR INFLATION) [I'M A NERD]

3. AND UPTAKE OF SCIENCE-BASED....

INTERVENTIONS WAY TOO LOW!

WHETHER 40,001 OR 60,000....

NEED AN EVIDENCE-BASED PLAN

NEED ADEQUATE RESOURCES

NEED ANNUAL ACCOUNTABILITY

NEED BOLD NATIONAL LEADERSHIP

NEED PJM  read more »

AP references prevention funds in incidence controversy story

by Julie Davids
Tue, 12/04/2007 - 9:14am
There's been a lot of reporting about the anticipated change in the HIV incidence estimate. we've been pushing the press to explain why we are concerned about the number, not just the number itself... why we are calling out for a National AIDS Strategy and Prevention Justice policies, etc... Today's AP story does include a mention of prevention funding and concerns about the politicization of HIV/AIDS:

By MIKE STOBBE – 16 hours ago

ATLANTA (AP) — Advocacy groups say new government estimates will show at least 35 percent more Americans are infected with the AIDS virus each year than the government has been reporting.

Government officials acknowledge they are revising the estimate, which they say is not yet complete.

But advocates are pushing for the government to release the number now. They say the delay may be partly political, and that it's hurting prevention funding.  read more »

A Sharper Approach: Former AIDS Czar Op-Eds on Prevention Justice and Syringe Access!

by Julie Davids
Tue, 12/04/2007 - 6:45am

A sharper approach to fighting AIDS
In today's Atlanta Journal Constitution!

By Sandra Thurman

Twenty years ago, as executive director of AID Atlanta, I would arrive at the office at the crack of dawn to find a cast of homeless intravenous drug users waiting at our door. Their faces and the countless more living with HIV I've met since still haunt my dreams. I often wonder if a clean needle could have saved their lives.  read more »

Season's Greetings / Realities: A Sing-Along

by Julie Davids
Tue, 12/04/2007 - 6:35am

For those of you who can not join us here in Atlanta today for the Unity Rally, I wanted to share our custom Christmas Carol that you can hum to the tune of "the 12 Days of Christmas" right around 5 pm EST and it will be like you are there!  read more »

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