Recent Releases | HIV/AIDS Organizations Call on Presidential Candidates To Develop National AIDS Strategies
[Sep 18, 2007]

"Call to Action," Nationalaidsstrategy.org: More than 100 HIV/AIDS organizations have issued a "Call to Action" statement to all presidential candidates asking them to develop results-oriented, national HIV/AIDS strategies. According to the statement, an effective national AIDS strategy should:

• Strengthen prevention and treatment results through use of evidence-based programs;
  
  
• Establish prevention and treatment targets and require annual progress reports;
  
  
• Define priorities for action in federal agencies and assign tasks and timelines;
  
  
• Include the prevention and treatment needs of minorities and high-risk groups as a main focus;
  
  
• Address social elements that increase susceptibility to HIV;
  
  
• Encourage more HIV prevention and treatment research; and
  
  
• Involve multiple sectors -- including government, business, civil rights groups, faith-based organizations, researchers and HIV-positive people -- in developing the strategy (Nationalaidsstrategy.org, 9/17).