AIDS Alert Archives – June 1, 2005
June 1, 2005
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Big question for 2005: What happened to CDC’s HIV prevention plan?
HIV/AIDS clinicians, researchers, and activists praised and applauded the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in January 2001 for the bold public plan to cut new HIV infections in half by 2005. -
CDC plans to persevere with prevention efforts
AIDS Alert: The first goal stated in the CDCs five-year prevention plan was to decrease by at least 50% the number of people in the United State at high risk of acquiring or transmitting HIV infection. Why has it been so difficult to accomplish this goal? -
CDC issues guidelines on treating OIs among adults
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has confirmed that in the age of antiretroviral therapy (ART), clinicians may choose to treat some opportunistic infections (OIs) less aggressively. -
Reaching rural African American women difficult
Poverty and inequality are among the major challenges faced by the rural African American women at risk for HIV infection, and these increase this populations potential for becoming infected, an expert says. -
Adherence Strategies: New tool measures potential for adherence
A team of HIV clinicians and medical professionals at Weill Cornell Medical Center at New York Presbyterian Hospital in New York City have developed an assessment tool that is used to identify a new HIV patients potential for adherence.