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Yes I agree that in the early days HIV Outreach to Gays did slow the progression of the virus. You need to bring it back.As you will look in a high infected area such as mines mostly Blacks you will not see the outreach you had at that time, no CBOs nor consumers to do the job. Expecting the Depts. of Health to get the dollars where they are most needed is not happening.
I think you have to be careful with this message. Telling men who are on ARV's that they are less likely to transmit HIV will make them more likely to have unprotected sex. Draw your own conclusions.
"High Impact" in just another CDC BS buzzword. This time it actually means robbing Peter to pay Paul. Instead of maintaining funding where it is being used currently in highly targeted HIV prevention programs and securing extra funding for new areas of concern, Fenton and the CDC no-brainers are taking funding from areas who are doing good work in HIV and giving it to areas who have either poorly managed their programs or effectively denied that their local epidemic is lead by Gay men.
Mitch
"Also, stigma and homophobia prevent many people from HIV testing and treatment"-" Gay leaders need to re-engage and make HIV prevention a key component of their agenda"-finally, someone is at least alluding to the gay community's role in the resurgence of HIV as a problem. Its about time.
October 25, 2011