Disease Experts Applaud Move to Overturn HIV Entry Ban  06/30/2009

The Infectious Diseases Society of America, the HIV Medicine Association (HIVMA), and the Center for Global Health Policy strongly support the Obama administration’s move to lift the two-decades-old ban on travel and immigration to the U.S. by HIV-positive individuals.

 
HIVMA eNews: June 2009 issue  06/26/2009

Top Stories:

  • HIVMA and AAHIVM Push For HIV Medical Workforce Development
  • Global Center Urges U.S. Response to HIV/AIDS and TB Co-Infection
  • HIVMA Board Advocacy Day on Capitol Hill
  • Take Action on Health Care Reform and FY2010 HIV Appropriations
 
Averting a Crisis in HIV Care: A Joint Statement of AAHIVM and HIVMA on the HIV Medical Workforce (PDF)  06/25/2009

Includes recommendations for ensuring a robust HIV medical workforce.

 
The Future of U.S. Global Health Policy  06/24/2009

The Center for Global Health Policy’s Christine Lubinski was a featured guest on the NewsHour Insider Forum, in which reporter Ray Suarez moderated a discussion about President Barack Obama’s $63 billion global health initiative. Lubinski and Michele Moloney-Kitts, assistant U.S. global AIDS coordinator, talked about the future of PEPFAR, the threat of drug-resistant TB, and other pressing global health issues. View the full transcript and download the audio.

 
On HIV Testing Day, HIVMA Calls for Health Care Reform to Make Testing Routine Every Day  06/22/2009
HIVMA calls on policymakers to do more to make every day HIV Testing Day by ensuring that health care reform covers such screening as a standard part of routine medical care and as an essential  piece of a new national HIV/AIDS strategy.
 
Deadly Duo: The Synergy Between HIV/AIDS & Tuberculosis  06/17/2009

A congressional briefing on June 25, presented by the Center for Global Health Policy.

 
MEDIA ADVISORY: Report Highlights Deadly Synergy Between HIV/AIDS & Tuberculosis  06/17/2009

Leading disease experts will call on President Obama and Congress to mount a concerted and comprehensive response to the deadly alliance between HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis at a Congressional briefing on June 25.

 
Health Care Reform  06/15/2009

HIVMA position in support of a public plan option and principles for meaningful health care reform.

 
HIVMA Supports Public Plan Option to Ensure Patients’ Needs are Met  06/15/2009
As Congress drafts health care reform legislation, HIV clinicians urge lawmakers to include a public plan option to ensure affordable access to comprehensive care for HIV patients.
 
Medical Home Concept for Improving Patient Care and Reducing Health Care Costs (PDF)  06/15/2009

HIVMA comments on the medical home concept that is referenced in the “Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009”.

 

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