Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS Prevention Subcommittee
Domestic Subcommittee Motion Resolution #2:
WHEREAS the continuing high HIV infection rate in the United States leads to ongoing and growing economic costs, lost economic opportunities, and increased individual and family suffering, and
WHEREAS the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Dr. Anthony Fauci, recently reported to members of the American Association for the Advancement of Science that the fight to lower HIV infection rates will take a long time and the all-out elimination of AIDS is not likely, and
WHEREAS Dr. Fauci told members of the American Association for the Advancement of Science that waning public interest in AIDS exacerbates the problem because "once you take it off the radar screen it's hard to get out the message of prevention" and
WHEREAS due to advances in medical management more Americans than ever, an estimated 1,039,000 to 1,185,000 persons in the United States are living with HIV/AIDS, with 24-27% undiagnosed and unaware of their HIV infection , and
WHEREAS the CDC’s new Revised Recommendations for HIV Testing of Adults, Adolescents and Pregnant Women, while an important change for healthcare providers, will result in substantial new numbers of infected persons attempting to access the overburdened public health treatment and care systems, and
WHEREAS the largest percentage of newly diagnosed persons are expected to be African-American, poor and uninsured, and
WHEREAS the CDC/HRSA Advisory Committee on HIV and STD Prevention and Treatment in a recent letter to Secretary Leavitt expressed significant concerns over existing HIV prevention, testing and treatment resources, then
BE IT RESOLVED that the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS calls on the Secretary of Health and Human Services to instruct the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to develop projections for the number of newly identified HIV persons that will result from their revised testing recommendations, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS calls on the Secretary of Health and Human Services to work with the CDC to develop reasonable estimates on the costs of implementing the new testing initiatives, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS calls on the Secretary of Health and Human Services to work with the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to develop reasonable estimates for the costs of treatment and care for those newly identified, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS calls on the President and Secretary of Health and Human Services to initiate the development of a multi-sectoral National Plan for HIV/AIDS Prevention, Awareness, Treatment and Care that involves all relevant aspects of the federal government and the private sector.
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