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  • Update on ADAP Waiting Lists for HIV Medications

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    AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) waiting lists have been an ongoing challenge for people with HIV/AIDS in many states. On June 23, 2004 President Bush announced the availability of an additional $20 million for HIV medications for the 10 states that had ADAP waiting lists at that time. The Initiative began distributing medications to eligible individuals last month. ADAPs are federally funded to provide medications to people with HIV/AIDS who cannot get them elsewhere. Each…

  • Waiting for AIDS Medications in the United States: An Analysis of ADAP Waiting Lists

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    Waiting lists are a reality of state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs), which rely on specific federal appropriations, or capped funding, each year. Capped funding determines ADAP’s income eligibility criteria, the number of drugs in the formulary, and the number of people who can be served. This fact sheet provides an overview of ADAP waiting lists based on an analysis of data collected by the National ADAP Monitoring Project between July 2002 and November 2004,…

  • World AIDS Day 2004

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    World AIDS Day began in 1988 to focus global attention on the HIV/AIDS epidemic across countries, organizations and governments. The theme of focuses on women, girls, and HIV and AIDS and seeks to explore how gender inequality fuels the AIDS epidemic. The links on this page will connect you to the Foundation's latest research, analysis, and innovative public health campaigns related to HIV/AIDS and to a range of other domestic and international World AIDS Day…

  • Thank you

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    Reporting on HIV/AIDS: Key Resources and Data Thank you. We will notify you when the Web portal for journalists launches. If you are interested in receiving email alerts on HIV/AIDS issues from the Foundation, including the Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, you may register at http://profile.kff.org/profile/. << Return to the main page

  • Policy Brief: Minority AIDS Initiative

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    The Minority AIDS Initiative (MAI) was created in 1998 by the U.S. government to respond to growing concern about the impact of HIV/AIDS on racial and ethnic minorities. It provides funding to strengthen organizational capacity and expand HIV-related services in minority communities. This new policy brief provides an overview of the MAI, including a discussion of its creation, goals, administration, and funding history, and a summary of current issues and challenges based on interviews with…

  • XV International AIDS Conference Satellite Session: Resource Tracking and Priority Setting

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    UNAIDS hosted this panel that featured the work of the UNAIDS Consortium on Resource Tracking. The session highlighted the importance of tracking global HIV/AIDS financial information; reviewed the methodological approaches used to track HIV/AIDS resource flows; and determined gaps in HIV/AIDS financial information and coverage as well as strategies for moving forward. Report: Financing the Expanded Response to AIDS (pre-publication copy) Presentations:- Resource Tracking and Priority Setting: UNAIDS Global Resource Tracking Consortium for AIDSPaul Delay,…

  • Satellite Sessions and Press Briefings – XV International AIDS Conference

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    Kaiser Family Foundation Sessions and Press Briefings XV International AIDS Conference, 2004 Satellite Session: Resource Tracking and Priority SettingUNAIDS is hosting this panel that will feature the work of the UNAIDS Consortium on Resource Tracking. The session will highlight the importance of tracking global HIV/AIDS financial information, review the methodological approaches used to track HIV/AIDS resource flows; and determine gaps in HIV/AIDS financial information and coverage as well as strategies for moving forward. Jennifer Kates,…

  • U.S. Government Funding for Global-HIV/AIDS Through FY 2005

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    Policy Brief: U.S. Government Funding for Global HIV/AIDS Through FY 2005 To help understand U.S. budget trends and priorities for global HIV/AIDS, the Kaiser Family Foundation has prepared a new policy brief, “U.S. Government Funding for Global HIV/AIDS Through FY 2005.” It provides detailed data on funding through FY 2004, and for the FY 2005 budget request. FY 2004 marks the first year of funding for the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), a…

  • New Report from Global HIV Prevention Working Group

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    The Global HIV Prevention Working Group issued the first major report to examine global HIV prevention needs in a time of expanding treatment access, “HIV Prevention in the Era of Expanded Treatment Access.” The Global HIV Prevention Working Group is a panel of nearly 50 leading public health experts, clinicians, biomedical, and behavioral researchers, and people affected by HIV/AIDS, convened by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Kaiser Family Foundation. This is the…

  • Role of Foundations in Responding to HIV/AIDS

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    The article “Ending an Era of Denial,” published in the March/April 2004 edition of Foundation News & Commentary explores the role of foundations in responding to HIV/AIDS in the U.S. and globally. The article, co-authored by Jennifer Kates, Director of HIV Policy at the Kaiser Family Foundation and Drew Altman, PhD., President and CEO of the Foundation provides an overview of Kaiser’s work related to HIV/AIDS to illustrate the many ways that foundations can help…