News 2012
Greg Millett: New HIV Infections Are Down, But 'Much More' To Be Done
AIDS In 2012: Senior policy advisor in the Office of National AIDS Policy tells Joanne Silberner the president's National HIV/AIDS Strategy has improved coordination among federal agencies and that the 2010 health law will improve access to care for those living with HIV/AIDS. A transcript follows.
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AIDS 2012: Measuring Progress by Lives Saved
As the two people who worked as physicians in the early years of the HIV/AIDS epidemic before the miracle of antiretroviral drug (ARV) therapy, and who now have the honor of leading the domestic and global HIV/AIDS programs for the Obama administration, we look back in awe of the American leadership that has transformed the epidemic in the 22 years since the International AIDS Conference was last held on U.S. soil.
Namibia First Lady Says Zero New HIV Infections Can Be Achieved by 2015 Through Collective Efforts
The President of the Organization of the First Ladies Against HIV/AIDS (OAFLA) and the first lady of the Republic of Namibia, Madame Penehupifo Pohamba told the audience of delegates and officials gathered at the 19th International AIDS Conference that the continent of Africa has made great strides in addressing HIV/AIDS, although nations still have far to go.
AIDS Conference Co-Chair Sees Unique Opportunity
Diane V. Havlir, M.D., knew she wanted to help stamp out the AIDS epidemic when she was getting her medical training in San Francisco just as the HIV epidemic hit the city in the 1980s.
AIDS 2012 Newsmaker Profile: Nancy Mahon
One in a series about leaders making news at the 2012 International AIDS Conference
The Obama Administration released the nation’s first National HIV/AIDS Strategy two years ago this month. At that time, the goal of “zero new infections” seemed unlikely--especially among some advocates who were in Vienna, Austria for the opening of the 18th International AIDS Conference.