'Critical Challenges' of HIV/AIDS Epidemic
The Kaiser Family Foundation have released a policy brief, titled "Critical Policy Challenges in the Third Decade of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic," that highlights the United States' national and international challenges to and roles in addressing the pandemic. The brief, developed as part of the KFF and Ford Foundation joint initiative "AIDS at 20: A National Policy Initiative," examines several domestic and global challenges. The report is available online in Adobe PDF format.
* Paying for HIV/AIDS drugs and confronting rising drug costs;
* Addressing why HIV/AIDS disproportionately affects racial and eth-
nic minorities;
* Stimulating the research and development of new treatments and
vaccines;
* Maintaining a domestic response to the epidemic while addressing
the international situation;
* Establishing appropriate forms and amounts of U.S. foreign aid;
* Balancing the importance of prevention, treatment, research and
infrastructure development;
* Working with the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Ma-
laria to make it effective and responsive; and
* Promoting HIV/AIDS treatment access in developing countries while
balancing U.S. intellectual property interests
The report is available online in Adobe PDF format at:
http://www.kff.org/content/2002/6013/critchallpb.pdf