News 2014
We Want Your Opinion
US HIV Workforce Survey
We are at a critical juncture in the effort to end our nation's AIDS epidemic. New tools are available and new programs are being developed. But these tools are worthless unless we know how to use them. We will never get to where we want to go if we don't take stock of where we are.
We Want Your Opinion
US HIV Workforce Survey
We are at a critical juncture in the effort to end our nation's AIDS epidemic. New tools are available and new programs are being developed. But these tools are worthless unless we know how to use them. We will never get to where we want to go if we don't take stock of where we are.
In This Issue
HIV does indeed discriminate. This week we hone in on MSM and transgender people's fight for their lives. AIDS.gov reports on Ambassador Deborah Birx's recent conversation about her priorities for PEPFAR.
HIV Does Discriminate: The Worldwide Fight Against Stigma and Discrimination, Part 3
Monica Jones
In a reversal of a long-standing public health mantra, one of the key messages from AIDS 2014 is that HIV does discriminate. In the last of a three-part series, writer Linda Villarosa lays out the populations most at risk and focuses on MSM and transgender people's fight for their rights. Go here to read Part 1, which describes the populations most at risk. Go here to read Part 2, which spotlights the issues that sex workers face.
Read more: HIV Does Discriminate: The Worldwide Fight Against Stigma and Discrimination, Part 3
Ambassador Birx Discusses PEPFAR Priorities
Dr. Deborah Birx
Recently, I had the opportunity to visit with Ambassador-at-Large and Coordinator of U.S. Government Activities to Combat HIV/AIDS Deborah L. Birx, M.D., to talk about her priorities for the U.S. President's Emergency Program for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), the U.S. Government initiative to help save the lives of those suffering from HIV/AIDS around the world. Watch our brief conversation below.