National HIV/AIDS Strategy

National HIV/AIDS Strategy
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Release: 2010
Genre: AIDS (Disease)
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This document is a companion to the National HIV/AIDS Strategy for the United States. It presents the Administration's plan for measuring progress toward meeting the Strategy's goals, and includes immediate and short-term Federal actions (those that can be achieved in calendar years 2010 and 2011) that will move the Nation toward improving its response to HIV/AIDS.

Preventing and Mitigating AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa

Preventing and Mitigating AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa
Author: National Research Council (U.S.). Panel on Data and Research Priorities for Arresting AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa
Publisher: National Academies
Total Pages: 36
Release: 1996-01-01
Genre: Medical
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The AIDS epidemic in Sub-Saharan Africa continues to affect all facets of life throughout the subcontinent. Deaths related to AIDS have driven down the life expectancy rate of residents in Zambia, Kenya, and Uganda with far-reaching implications. This book details the current state of the AIDS epidemic in Africa and what is known about the behaviors that contribute to the transmission of the HIV infection. It lays out what research is needed and what is necessary to design more effective prevention programs.

National HIV/AIDS Strategy for the United States

National HIV/AIDS Strategy for the United States
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Total Pages: 45
Release: 2010
Genre: AIDS (Disease)
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President Obama committed to developing a National HIV/AIDS Strategy with three primary goals: reducing the number of people who become infected with HIV, increasing access to care and optimizing health outcomes for people living with HIV, and reducing HIV-related health disparities. The Strategy is intended to be a concise plan that will identify a set of priorities and strategic action steps tied to measurable outcomes

Preparing for the Future of HIV/AIDS in Africa

Preparing for the Future of HIV/AIDS in Africa
Author: Institute of Medicine
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2011-03-28
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0309212073
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HIV/AIDS is a catastrophe globally but nowhere more so than in sub-Saharan Africa, which in 2008 accounted for 67 percent of cases worldwide and 91 percent of new infections. The Institute of Medicine recommends that the United States and African nations move toward a strategy of shared responsibility such that these nations are empowered to take ownership of their HIV/AIDS problem and work to solve it.