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Thu May 12, 2016, 09:30 PM May 2016

Hillary Vows To Expand PrEP Availability In Meeting With HIV/AIDS Activists

Sahil Kapur ?@sahilkapur 5h5 hours ago
@HillaryClinton meets with HIV/AIDS activists at her Brooklyn HQ.



BROOKLYN: Hillary Clinton Vows To Expand PrEP Availability In Meeting With HIV/AIDS Activists

Still no word on whether Bernie Sanders has rescheduled his canceled meeting. Via press release from the Clinton campaign:

Today, Hillary Clinton met with HIV and AIDS experts and advocates representing a diverse coalition of more than 70 leaders and organizations in the community. The meeting took place at the Hillary for America headquarters in Brooklyn, NY, where they discussed Clinton’s continued commitment to tackling the epidemic in the U.S. and globally, fighting discrimination against PLHIV and AIDS, and working together with HIV and AIDS experts and advocates to achieve an AIDS-free generation.

Hillary Clinton has been a longtime advocate in the fight to treat and prevent HIV and AIDS.

As First Lady, Clinton traveled the world to raise awareness on combating HIV and AIDS and assembled government officials and world leaders to increase funding for prevention and research efforts.

As Senator, Clinton introduced legislation to improve and expand global HIV and AIDS research, assistance, and education. She also co-sponsored the Early Treatment for HIV Act to extend Medicaid coverage to low-income people living with HIV.

As Secretary of State, Clinton began an ambitious campaign to usher in an AIDS-free generation. She oversaw a more than 200 percent increase in the number of people on antiretroviral treatment directly supported by the United States to reach over 6.7 million men, women, and children around the world.

Clinton has also emphasized HIV and AIDS in her philanthropic work. Almost 10 million people with HIV or AIDS around the world have benefited from more affordable medicine because of the Clinton Foundation. And since 2002, the Clinton Health Access Initiative has reduced the cost of HIV and AIDS medications in many countries from over $10,000 per person per year to just $100 to $200 per person per year.


Noel Gordon Jr. ?@noelgordon09 4h4 hours ago Brooklyn, NY
If we want to end the HIV epidemic, then we have a champion in @HillaryClinton #ImWithHer #WeAreHRC


During this campaign, Clinton has released specific policies to tackle the HIV and AIDS epidemic. As President, she will:

Cap out-of-pocket pharmaceutical expenses for people with HIV and AIDS. Clinton has announced a plan to hold the pharmaceutical industry accountable and to achieve lower drug costs for Americans, including for medications that help treat HIV and reduce the risk of contracting AIDS. Clinton will ensure that Americans can get the care their doctors prescribe by requiring health insurance plans to cap covered out-of-pocket prescription drug costs at $250 per month. She also will allow Medicare to negotiate lower drug prices and will stop direct-to-consumer advertising subsidies for drug companies—reinvesting those funds in research.

Expand the utilization of HIV prevention medications, including pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). While we work to diagnose and treat all Americans with HIV and AIDS, we also must work to prevent exposure. Decades of research are beginning to offer a promising path to prevention. Clinton will increase the CDC investment to ensure populations at greatest risk of infection have access to PrEP, and encourage states to follow suit.

Protect those with HIV and AIDS from discrimination. Clinton will work with Congress to review and reform outdated and stigmatizing HIV criminalization laws—and call on states to do the same. And she is committed to continuing to aggressively enforce the Americans with Disabilities Act and other civil rights laws to fight HIV-related discrimination.

Continue to increase HIV and AIDS research and invest in the promising innovations that research is producing. Researchers at the NIH and elsewhere are poised to make even more progress towards curing HIV, developing long-acting treatments that do not require daily pill taking, and better understanding the social and structural factors that can impact a person’s ability to access HIV prevention and care services. As President, Clinton will increase funding to ensure this progress to continue.


read:http://www.joemygod.com/2016/05/12/brooklyn-hillary-clinton-vows-to-expand-prep-availability-in-meeting-with-hivaids-activists/



Noel Gordon Jr. ?@noelgordon09 3h3 hours ago
Thanks @HillaryClinton for meeting with us and continuing your commitment to end the HIV epidemic #ImWithHer
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Hillary Vows To Expand PrEP Availability In Meeting With HIV/AIDS Activists (Original Post) bigtree May 2016 OP
K & R Iliyah May 2016 #1
I've lost too many... JSup May 2016 #2
kick bigtree May 2016 #3
Nice rhetoric, still buddy buddy with big pharma Prism May 2016 #4
It is not a matter of "we will see". Clinton has done, per article and on track to continue to do. seabeyond May 2016 #7
Sea, stop. Prism May 2016 #9
Prism, no. Yes, lives are important and there is a whole conversation in the Op discussing Clintons seabeyond May 2016 #10
Kick, PReP should be available for everyone. Agschmid May 2016 #5
» bigtree May 2016 #6
Kick. Nt NCTraveler May 2016 #8

JSup

(740 posts)
2. I've lost too many...
Thu May 12, 2016, 09:48 PM
May 2016

...friends to this disease. I knew a drag queen "Celeste Towers" but many of the gay folks in the club called her "Tower of Death". I finally asked why and it was because she was HIV+. How awful is that?

Last time I talked to her was New Years 1997 and her last words to me were "I'm just glad I made it through another year."

She didn't see the next one.

K&R

 

Prism

(5,815 posts)
4. Nice rhetoric, still buddy buddy with big pharma
Thu May 12, 2016, 11:51 PM
May 2016

She says a lot of the right things, but she still takes their money and attends their fundraisers.

So. We'll see.

Color me skeptical.

 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
7. It is not a matter of "we will see". Clinton has done, per article and on track to continue to do.
Fri May 13, 2016, 08:11 AM
May 2016
 

Prism

(5,815 posts)
9. Sea, stop.
Fri May 13, 2016, 11:26 AM
May 2016

This is my community. For many, Truvada is a privileged luxury.

I know this issue. I live this issue.

Don't get your fangirl on here. LGBT lives are important. We're not your damn message board game.

 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
10. Prism, no. Yes, lives are important and there is a whole conversation in the Op discussing Clintons
Fri May 13, 2016, 12:00 PM
May 2016

effort lowering cost of the drugs.

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