Project Inform's PI Perspective eNews: June 2009

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Devastating California HIV/AIDS cuts

Disappointing presidential HIV/AIDS budget released

Fight for your life ... attend rally in Sacramento!

Health care reform debate
heats up

CDC describes symptoms of novel H1N1 flu

Complex questions surround biomedical option

Join Project Inform for
AIDS Walk 2009

2009 Evening of Hope slated

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PI Perspective #48

June 2009 | projectinform.org

California Governor’s revised HIV/AIDS cuts
will be devastating

Governor Schwarzenegger has proposed severe cuts to the California HIV/AIDS budget in light of a dramatic state deficit. Overall, $5.5 billion is proposed to be cut from health and human services with $80.1 million from State Office of AIDS programs. While the AIDS Drug Assistance Program remains mostly intact under the proposed cuts, other care, treatment and prevention programs are slated for serious cuts. Project Inform is very actively working to prevent as many of these cuts as possible. You can help! Please see below (“Fight for you life!”) our related announcement about a June 10 rally in Sacramento. Read more.

President Obama releases disappointing HIV/AIDS budget.

Project Inform and other advocates are disappointed with President Obama's recently released Fiscal Year 2010 budget proposal for HIV/AIDS and hepatitis programs. Read more.

Help Project Inform raise $10,000 by joining our AIDS Walk team ...

Health care reform debate
heats up.

The national health care reform debate is well underway. The proposed changes in health care policy present opportunities and challenges for people with HIV, as well as those at risk of infection. Read more.

2009 Evening of Hope slated
for October 14.

Join us for this year's ramped up annual event with a VIP reception, dinner, fashion show and live auction. After party is also scheduled with designers and models. Read more.

Fight for your life!

Block California’s cuts to life-saving HIV/AIDS services by attending a rally on the state capital steps in Sacramento! Rally is June 10. Read more.

CDC describes symptoms of cases of novel H1N1 flu.

This developing story now reveals 10,053 cases of H1N1 flu (swine flu) in the US. Project Inform outlines some information and considerations for people living with HIV. Read more.

Complex questions surrounds biomedical option for preventing HIV infection.

Simply put, PrEP would offer select HIV medicines, 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.