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November 16, 2009
“When will we talk
about it?”
Project Inform's Director of Public Policy,
Ryan Clary, gave a rousing speech at the special event Soapbox
Social at Yerba Buena Arts this past Saturday. Read
more.
October 30, 2009
President will lift ban on visitors and
immigrants
Until today’s announcement by the
White House, the US was 1 of only 7 countries with laws
that bar entry of people with HIV, instituted back in 1987. Read
Washington Post article.
October 30, 2009
Congressional bill introduced to end
US viral hepatitis epidemic
A bipartisan bill was introduced Thursday
to address the silent but growing hepatitis B/C epidemic
in the US. Read
Congressional blog.
October 22, 2009
Project Inform forum focuses on HIV &
aging
Aging has become a key focus for people
with HIV and their health care providers, but much remains
to be learned. A recent forum sponsored
by Project Inform more fully explored this issue. Read
more. PPT
presentation.

September 25, 2009
Various responses to Thai vaccine trial
results
On September 24, researchers from the
HIV vaccine trial in Thailand announced early data. After
much coverage in major media, several AIDS advocacy groups
and others have now responded to the data with their statements. Read
more.
September 8, 2009
The H1N1 flu and
people living with
HIV
In response to the general media's attention
to H1N1, Project Inform has written a publication for people
living with HIV. Read
more.
August 27, 2009
New warning of serious Intelence side
effect
Reported cases of severe skin reactions
while taking the HIV drug Intelence have compelled its maker
Tibotec to update their prescribing information for the drug. Read
more.
July 27, 2009
Everything Antiretroviral: Reportback
from 5th IAS Conference, Cape Town
Despite any significant breakthroughs,
the 5th International AIDS Society conference July 19-22
provided a critical opportunity for contemplation and discussion. Read more.
July 22, 2009
Project Inform to lead think tank on
HIV treatment as prevention
As nearly 56,000 Americans
become newly infected with HIV each year, alternative preventive
methods are being pursued for their use in reducing these
infections. Read
more
June 2, 2009
Complex questions surround biomedical
option to prevent HIV
PrEP would offer select HIV
meds, together with safer sex counseling, to sexually
active HIV-negative individuals in order to increase the
likelihood that they will remain uninfected. The idea that
HIV prevention may be strengthened using PrEP (pre-exposure
prophylaxis) has caused cautious optimism among many HIV
agencies. Read
more.
Join Hepatitis C Advocates UNITED!
Over 4 million Americans currently live
with hepatitis C. Most are unaware of it. Nearly 225,000
also live with HIV. HCAU meets
the challenge to improve funding for viral hepatitis programs.
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November 5, 2009
Project Inform recaps 2009 Evening of
Hope
Another glamorous night in San Francisco
brought more than 350 guests to see condom couture gowns
on the runway, with rousing hosting by emcee Alec Mapa and
auctioneer Lenny Broberg. Read
more.
October 30, 2009
HIV Treatment Exten-
sion Act
signed into law
This morning, President Obama signed a
four-year extension for the Ryan White Act.
The program, which was set to expire by the end of this year,
provides nearly $2 billion in services to 100,000 under-
and uninsured low-income people living with HIV.
October 28, 2009
Two medical groups release new system
for treating diabetes
A new treatment algorithm has been developed
in response to how best to use several new drugs for diabetes.
This may result in better health outcomes for people living
with HIV, many of whom face this common condition. Read
more.
October 26, 2009
Updated H1N1
guidelines for PWHIVs
As the flu season starts, the CDC is providing
more information on H1N1 for specific communities. Read
CDC's guidelines. Go
to Flu Shot Locator.
October 16, 2009
Executive Director’s remarks available
from 2009 Evening of Hope
Project Inform’s annual fundraiser
this year began with a thankful introduc-tion by ED Dana
Van Gorder that also challenges the somewhat lagging national
response to the epidemic, calling for a more robust and meaningful
campaign to effectively end the crisis in the US. Read
more.
September 17, 2009
Advocates continue pressing for national HIV/AIDS strategy
In 2008, over 500 ASOs in the US called
on the Presidential candidates to commit
to developing a National AIDS Strategy. Now, as President,
Mr. Obama has pledged to develop the strategy to achieve
3 vitally important outcomes. Read
more.
September 16, 2009
ATAC releases first pharma “report
card”
This month, AIDS Treatment
Action Coalition (including Project Inform) graded the
HIV drug industry's main players and issued its first public
evaluation of their contributions to HIV care. Read
more.
July 12, 2009
Tell us your HIV
and health care story!
Together with other AIDS activists, Project
Inform is working to collect
individual health care stories from people living with
HIV. Your experi-ences will help us advocate with Congress
and President Obama for the strongest health care provisions
possible. Tell
us your story today!
July 1, 2009
Project Inform leads HIV health care
reform calls
Project Inform is hosting regular HIV
Community Health Care Reform Conference Calls to educate
and mobilize the community around federal health care reform
efforts. Read
the notes from the most recent call.
June 26, 2009
Comprehensive guides for living with
hepatitis B and C now available
Treatment Action Group recently published
a comprehensive guide for people living with HIV and hepatitis
B, which compliments their 2008 guide on hep C. Hepatitis
B. Hepatitis
C.
También disponible en español: Hepatitis
B. Hepatitis
C.
June 1, 2009
Disappointing
Presidential AIDS budget released
Project Inform and other advocates are
disappointed with the President's recent
Fiscal Year 2010 budget proposal for HIV/AIDS and hepatitis
programs. Read
more.
April 21, 2009
ETHA reintroduced
in Congress
Project Inform hopes
that 2009 will be the year that Congress finally passes
legislation to expand Medicaid eligibility for people with
HIV. Read
more.

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