title: Impact of terrorist acts on HIV care: opportunities for program assessment and strategic planning.
abstract: HIV/AIDS providers need to take the time now to assess the current and future impact of the recent terrorist acts and biologic events on HIV programs. In addition to the efforts of HIV providers, both the public and private sectors have made an investment of billions of dollars since the start of the epidemic. We cannot afford to lose ground in the fight against HIV/AIDS. It is critically important to sustain and build on the improved outcomes--decreased mortality and fewer hospitalizations--that we have seen during the past 10 years. Access to care, advances in treatment, and biomedical technology have evolved to the point where HIV can be a chronic medical problem for many patients. Now, it is up to us as a medical community to continue this work.
authors.affiliation: University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, USA.
authors.forename: W M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Valenti
mesh_terms: D023482:Bioterrorism; D004189:Disaster Planning / Q000379:methods*; D019468:Disease Management; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000191:economics / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D023481:Terrorism