Development of year 2020 goals for the National HIV/AIDS Strategy for the United States.
In July, 2010, President Barack Obama released the National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS). The NHAS set forth ambitious goals for the year 2015. These goals were potentially achievable had the appropriate level of resources been invested; however, investment at the necessary scale has not been made and the 2015 goals now may well be out of reach. Therefore, we propose that an updated NHAS be developed with goals for the year 2020 clearly articulated. For the purposes of fostering discussion on this important topic, we propose bold yet achievable quantitative 2020 goals based on previously published economic and mathematical modeling analyses.
Department of Health, Behavior and Society, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 624 N Broadway, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA, dholtgra@jhsph.edu.
David R
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Holtgrave
D002487:Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.; D005260:Female; D006040:Goals; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006291:Health Policy; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D016730:Program Development; D011635:Public Health Administration; D040242:Risk Reduction Behavior; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology