A Year Later, a Response Deferred

Blog Category: HIV prevention, CDC — Blogged by: admin on March 28, 2008 at 11:36 am

A year later, a response deferred: CDC’s “heightened national response” to HIV/AIDS in African-American community is chaotic, underfunded, and far from its goals.

As CDC quietly releases figures revealing an 80% boost in HIV in Black gay youth, advocates are calling for a national AIDS strategy, adequate funding, and political leadership. Launched with much fanfare in March 2007, the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention’s (CDC) A Heightened National Response to the HIV/AIDS Crisis Among African-Americans called for “expanding the reach of prevention services; increasing opportunities for diagnosing and treating HIV; developing new, effective prevention interventions, and; mobilizing broader community action.”

One year later, the Heightened National Response (HNR) effort has been marked by shifting leadership, lack of communication to local leaders and community organizations, and no new funding for any initiatives that are not restricted to HIV testing. It is now widely believed that Madeline Sutton, MD, MPH, CDC Acting Director of Partnerships in the Department of HIV/AIDS Prevention, the latest in a series of individuals responsible for HNR, will once again restructure the initiative in an attempt to address its significant shortfalls.

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3 Comments »

Comment by the zak

March 28, 2008 @ 12:24 pm

Millions of people in the world begin
sexual relationships where
they don’t use any form of protection
against any diseases or pregnancy.

They do that because they have the right feeling
about the person. It removes their anxieties.

They’ve passed over some threshold of anxiety
about the person.

Something about the person removes their anxieties.
And they have a feeling of trust in the person.

Only the potential sex partners know they are potential sex partners, not the government.

For any potential sex partners the strategy can be
let’s get tested TOGETHER BEFORE we have sex,
for A VARIETY of STDs.

A sexual health checkup reduces ambiguity and it’s
like anything else potential sex partners do together.

Most people won’t do it. It’s a choice that some people can make. And it’s already a phenomenon going on now unobserved by officials.

Comment by KD Patrick

April 4, 2008 @ 7:56 pm

I would like to add something about some forgotten people living outside of the scope of most all philanthropic organization’s purview and beyond many governmental programs. A Guam-based AIDS Service Organization (GUAHAN Project, http://www.guahanproject.org/index.php) with very limited funds provides HIV prevention and care services to impoverished people who live in the U.S. affiliated Pacific region–American Samoa, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of Palau, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and Guam–which suffers enormous health disparities due in part to limited Federal assistance, and in part due to the post-colonial era annual per capita income: for example, it is only $2,900 in the Marshall Islands, and $2,300 in the Federated States of Micronesia. For comparison, the U.S. annual per capita income is $46,000. This organization and the fragile societies of incredibly unique, indigenous people it serves really need support. A small donation to the GUAHAN Project can make a huge difference in stemming the tide of HIV in these small, culturally rich enclaves that could be destroyed by HIV/AIDS.

Comment by Xelah

May 22, 2008 @ 5:57 pm

¡VIH un enemigo que juega a lo más Obvio!
Desde que comencé mi trabajo como terapéuta, quise encontrar una herramienta que realmente diera sus frutos a mis pacientes; es decir, que cuando iban o van a consulta se lleven un arma para trabajar sobre ellos mismos y a la vez que sintieran en sus personas el cambio por el que acudieron en busca de ayuda.
Cuando descubro que nuestra glándula Timo reacciona ante las emociones humanas, diseño una terapia de fácil ejecución que permite a toda persona mejorar sus hábitos emocionales, entrar en equilibrio en sus vidas y por ende, mejorar en todo lo extenso de la palabra: Mejorar su calidad de vida.
Los resultados han sido numerosos y con acierto en el 99% de las personas que han puesto en práctica la mencionada terapia. Digo el 99 y no el 100%, ya que cuando hay alguien que posee trastornos conductuales que se clasifican como patologías, es necesaria la administración de medicamentos y esto es más que suficiente para no poseer la consciencia plena de lo que se hace y lo que debe hacerse.
Cuando nos encontramos ante dilemas y disyuntivas emocionales que nos hacen mantenernos alterados, siempre erramos en la búsqueda de una solución correcta y esto es así, porque al estar en estado alterado de consciencia que puede definirse como el no sentirse en paz, siempre tendemos a complicar más las cosas y eso usted que me lee en este momento lo ha vivido en infinidad de ocasiones.
Ahora bien, como también es costumbre en los seres humanos buscar lo más complejo y difícil para resolver situaciones, se nos ha creado el paradigma de que aquello que se presenta sencillo y simple, lo cual no debe en ningún momento confundirse con simplista, no sirve.
Pues lo obvio está en lo más simple y sencillo, no lo vemos y pasamos a su lado todo el tiempo, no nos preocupamos por intentarlo y de allí nuestra desdicha. Mi trabajo con el VIH me lo ha demostrado y por eso te invito a visitar la página: www.atrapaz.com
No pierdes nada, y puedes ganarlo todo.

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