Outside medical research
circles, the idea of a cure for AIDS is rarely seriously
discussed. Instead, AIDS is described as a "chronic,
manageable disease." Try telling that to one of the 22
million Africans now suffering from it. Or the American
who died of AIDS-related complications last week.
A cure for AIDS is at least as important as the next
promising AIDS drug, a vaccine, or a microbicide. But
unlike other essential therapies, viral eradication—a
cure for AIDS—is not supported by a special NGO
or a dedicated department at the NIH.
There are no editorials in The New York Times calling
for more research into HIV eradication. There is no annual
research update that can be accessed by the general public,
even though millions of lives are affected. Even though
researchers are making important progress.
A cure could reduce US government AIDS spending by $20
billion or more per year, or by 2/3 of the entire annual
budget of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
We have a plan.
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Join us to change
the rules about the way people think about the
AIDS pandemic and the way that people with AIDS
are treated. We are re-introducing the word "cure" into
the public discussion about AIDS research. We pressure
policymakers to save lives around the world whether
through medical research or public health policy.
We educate, we lobby, we rally: we are not silent.
We need your help and the help of your friends
and colleagues.
Contact info@aidspolicyproject.org for
information about how to join us.
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We need your help now to create a new movement
to push for HIV viral
eradication – a cure for AIDS.
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The AIDS
Policy Project calls on the Chinese government
to release Hu Jia on humanitarian grounds and
allow him and his family to leave China.
Renowned
Chinese AIDS and human rights advocate Hu Jia,
vilified in the Chinese press but winner of the
Sakharov Prize for Human Rights, remains in prison.
Hu, who suffers from hepatitis, has been imprisoned
for 2 years.
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