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  • Walgreens and Greater Than AIDS Team With Health Departments and Local AIDS Service Organizations to Offer HIV Testing in Support of National HIV Testing Day

    News Release

    Free HIV Testing Events at Select Walgreens Locations in More Than 140 Cities, June 26-28 DEERFIELD, Ill., June 17, 2014 – In support of National HIV Testing Day, June 27, Walgreens (NYSE: WAG) (Nasdaq: WAG), the nation’s largest drugstore chain, and Greater Than AIDS, a coalition of about 200 public and private sector partners united in response to the domestic AIDS epidemic, are teaming with health departments and local AIDS service organizations across the country to…

  • I Got Tested Campaign Encourages Americans to Know Their HIV Status for National HIV Testing Drive

    News Release

    Targeted Media Messages Promote Free and Low-Cost Testing Services New Partnership with the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care (IAPAC) Supports Providers with Materials in Clinics to Urge Patients to Test for HIV Free In-Store HIV Testing Offered in Select Walgreens Stores as part of an Ongoing Partnership MENLO PARK, CA, June 25, 2014 – Greater Than AIDS, a leading national public information response to the domestic AIDS epidemic, has released new targeted media messages…

  • August 7 Event: AIDS 2014: What Happened and What’s Next?  

    News Release

    The Kaiser Family Foundation and the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) held a briefing to assess the major outcomes of the 2014 International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2014), held from July 20-25 in Melbourne, Australia. The discussion touched on the latest scientific developments; the current funding climate for the AIDS response; the impact of anti-LGBT laws on efforts to address HIV/AIDS around the world; and other major contributions to the field emerging from the conference. Panelists…

  • New KFF Brief Takes a Closer Look at “Tele-PrEP” and the Future of PrEP Services in the United States

    News Release

    In 2020, only 25% of people who could benefit from pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), a medication that reduces the risk of acquiring HIV, were prescribed it. Using telehealth to provide PrEP, “tele-PrEP,” is a new approach that shows potential for expanding access to PrEP use in the United States that predates the COVID-19 pandemic. A new KFF analysis takes a deep dive into the tele-PrEP landscape, from the types of providers offering the service to the…

  • For the third in his “Untold KFF History” series, KFF’s Founding President and CEO Dr. Drew Altman discusses an ambitious and relatively short-term effort, the Global Media AIDS Initiative, which was led by KFF in partnership with the United Nations and UNAIDS, and involved mounting HIV media campaigns all over the world from Russia to India, the Caribbean, Africa and more.

    Untold KFF History Volume 3: The Global Media AIDS Initiative

    From Drew Altman

    For the third in his “Untold KFF History” series, KFF’s Founding President and CEO Dr. Drew Altman discusses an ambitious and relatively short-term effort, the Global Media AIDS Initiative, which was led by KFF in partnership with the United Nations and UNAIDS, and involved mounting HIV media campaigns all over the world from Russia to India, the Caribbean, Africa and more.

  • Insurance coverage and financing landscape for HIV treatment and prevention in the USA

    Perspective

    In this article for The Lancet, KFF’s Jennifer Kates and Lindsey Dawson, and five co-authors provide an overview of the coverage and financing landscape for HIV treatment and prevention in the U.S., discuss how the Affordable Care Act has changed the domestic health care system, examine the major programs that provide coverage and services, and identify remaining challenges. The article was published online on February 19, 2021. To access it at no charge, register for…

  • Town Hall Forum: GHI Executive Director Lois Quam on the Future of the Global Health Initiative

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    On March 1, 2011, the Kaiser Family Foundation hosted a town hall-style forum with Lois Quam, the newly appointed Executive Director of the Global Health Initiative (GHI), to listen to global health community perspectives on the progress of the initiative to date and discuss what the future of the U.S. global health policy might look like. The hour-long session was moderated by Jen Kates, Vice President and Director, Global Health & HIV Policy, Kaiser Family…