Published on July 24, 2012 at 11:13 AM
AVAC, previously known as the AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition, and amfAR, the Foundation for AIDS Research, "have published 'An Action Agenda to End AIDS' [.pdf] -- a combination of short- and long-term goals … to bring an end to the HIV/AIDS epidemic," VOA News reports, noting, "The report is being released ahead of the XIX International AIDS Conference in Washington." The news service highlights several scientific advancements made in the last several years and writes that, according to the agenda, "making the hard choices," as well as "'mobilizing sufficient, sustainable resources' to ensure that critical interventions are scaled-up and not cut back," are essential steps to ending the epidemic" (De Capua, 7/20). The report "was informed by an analysis of modeling research and consultations with top HIV prevention experts," a joint press release notes (7/23).
 This article was reprinted from kaiserhealthnews.org with permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. Kaiser Health News, an editorially independent news service, is a program of the Kaiser Family Foundation, a nonpartisan health care policy research organization unaffiliated with Kaiser Permanente.
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