The new approaches are an encouraging sign of help, but the funding behind them doesn't come close to raising prevention spending to the level most experts say it should be, said Julie Scofield, executive director of the National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors.
The new approaches are an encouraging sign of help, but the funding behind them doesn't come close to raising prevention spending to the level most experts say it should be, said Julie Scofield, executive director of the National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors.
On June 8, the National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD) announced that almost 2,000 people living with HIV are on ADAP waiting lists in 10 states.
In a community letter dated November 26, 2007 and sent to the National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD) and others, the CDC revealed its plan to release the 2005 HIV incidence estimates "in the coming months" and stated that the information was being submitted to "an academic journal for peer review to ensure that the methods, emerging data, and conclusions are carefully reviewed for scientific accuracy and rigor before they are published.
This is the biggest news for public health and HIV/AIDS that we've had in a while," said Julie Scofield, executive director of the National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors.
This is the biggest news for public health and HIV/AIDS that we've had in a while," said Julie Scofield, executive director of the National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors.
According to the most recent National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD) Report, the following states have also initiated waiting lists as of 12/5/2002: Alabama (175), Indiana (34), Kentucky (62), Montana (2), North Carolina (60), Oregon (18) and South Dakota (43).
Various states are seeking federal waivers or expansions of their current Medicaid waivers for the purpose of providing coverage to people with HIV, says Arnold Doyle, MSW, director of HIV treatment programs for the National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors in Washington, DC.
