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05.08.20

Lessons from the HIV Policy Lab: tracking national HIV policies and ART access amidst COVID-19

By Mara Pillinger

This post was authored by Kate Daley (with Mara Pillinger)   COVID-19 presents a unique opportunity to accelerate and expand national policies on differentiated service delivery (DSD) for people living with HIV (PLHIV). DSD is “a responsive, client-centred approach that simplifies and adapts HIV services across the cascade to better serve individual needs and reduce […]

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Thematic Areas: Global Health Policy & Politics

04.30.20

O’Neill Institute Releases Publication on Meeting the Needs of People Living with HIV

By Sean Bland

This week, the O’Neill Institute released a new publication, Big Ideas: Better Meeting the Needs of People Living with HIV Is How to End the HIV Epidemic. This report highlights actions that can be taken by jurisdictions and advocates to improve the health of all people living with HIV. It was written by me and Jeffrey […]

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Thematic Areas: Infectious Diseases

03.26.20

O’Neill Institute Releases Publication on the USPSTF PrEP Recommendation

By Sean Bland

Today, the O’Neill Institute released a new publication, Quick Take: The USPSTF PrEP Recommendation. The Quick Take discusses the final recommendation for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) from the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) and why the PrEP recommendation matters. It was written by me and Jeffrey S. Crowley, Program Director of the O’Neill Institute’s Infectious Disease […]

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Thematic Areas: Infectious Diseases

01.29.20

President Obama’s Legacy of Leadership on HIV/AIDS

By Jeffrey Crowley

[avatar user=”jsc26″ size=”thumbnail” align=”left” link=”https://oneill.law.georgetown.edu/faculty/Jeffrey-Crowley/” target=”_blank” /] Many of us were surprised last year when President Trump announced in the State of the Union address that he was committing the United States to ending the domestic HIV epidemic over the next decade, by which he meant that his Administration would work to cut annual new […]

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Thematic Areas: Infectious Diseases

08.26.19

O’Neill Institute Releases Publication on Scaling Up PrEP Use for HIV Prevention

By Sean Bland

Last week, the National HIV/AIDS Initiative at the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law released three new publications. I previously discussed two of these publications in a blog post. This week, I will discuss the remaining publication, Big Ideas: Achieving Sufficient Scale of PrEP Use Is Critical to Ending the HIV Epidemic. This […]

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Thematic Areas: Infectious Diseases

08.22.19

O’Neill Institute Releases Publications on HIV Cluster Detection

By Sean Bland

Today, the National HIV/AIDS Initiative at the O’Neill Institute released three new publications. The publications are intended as resources to support the effort to end the HIV epidemic in the United States. President Trump announced his Administration’s Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) Initiative in this year’s State of the Union address, with the goal of […]

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Thematic Areas: Infectious Diseases

07.19.19

Improving Laws to Support PrEP Access and HIV Prevention for Young People

By Sean Bland

Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is a highly effective method of HIV prevention. Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that PrEP use among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (MSM) increased 500% from 2014 to 2017, although uptake among other groups remains lower and disparities among MSM continue to […]

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Thematic Areas: Infectious Diseases

03.15.19

O’Neill Institute Releases Policy Brief on HIV Prevention for Latinx Gay and Bisexual Men

By Sean Bland

Yesterday, the O’Neill Institute released a new policy brief, Bolstering Latinx Gay and Bisexual Men to Promote Health and Reduce HIV Transmission. This brief, developed in partnership with Bienestar Human Services, a community-based social services organization in Los Angeles focused on health issues faced by the Latino and LGBTQ communities, examines the place of Latinx […]

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Thematic Areas: Infectious Diseases

03.08.19

Supporting Effective HIV Prevention among Latinx Gay and Bisexual Men in the United States

By Sean Bland

HIV remains a serious public health threat in the United States. While the United States had made progress in reducing the number of HIV infections, with prevention efforts leading to a nearly 20 percent decline in new HIV infections between 2005 and 2014, progress has been uneven, and the declines in new HIV infections have […]

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Thematic Areas: Infectious Diseases
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