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February 19, 2021

“To end HIV epidemic, we must address health disparities”

Following the release of the HIV National Strategic Plan and marking two years since the launch of the Ending the HIV Epidemic: A Plan for America (EHE)—a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services initiative to reduce new HIV transmissions by at least 90% by 2030—researchers, advocates, and other stakeholders reported on the HIV epidemic response in The Lancet HIV …

January 13, 2021

PAC Welcomes U=U Ambassadors

The Prevention Access Campaign is thrilled to welcome U=U Ambassadors, a group of U.S.-based leading advocates, activists and healthcare professionals who have played important roles in building the Undetectable = Untransmittable movement. Undetectable = Untransmittable is a global community-led movement to share the revolutionary but still widely unknown fact that a person living with HIV …

December 21, 2020

US HIV infections could drop by 94% before 2030, if treatment is prioritised

Modelling estimates suggest that new HIV infections in the US could be reduced by as much as 94% before 2030, if the current HIV prevention budget is spent more efficiently. Priorities would be linking those diagnosed with HIV to care, ensuring that they receive treatment and getting them to the point of viral suppression. Less …

December 9, 2020

DC Ends HIV adds U=U as Key Strategy

As a part of Washington, D.C.’s plan to End HIV, D.C. Health has added U=U as a key strategy. “DC Health will assess both individuals and providers to a get a sense of the acceptability of U=U as well as Rapid ART initiation. With new insight on acceptability, DC Health can redesign and relaunch the …

December 9, 2020

U=U encourages men in South Africa to test for HIV

As men in sub-Saharan Africa test for HIV less often than women, a team led by Dr Philip Smith of University of Cape Town, South Africa, wanted to know if men would be encouraged to test more when they knew about the U=U message. The team found that when peer promoters told men that an …

December 8, 2020

PAC Staff member Deondre Moore: “Beaumont activist fights HIV’s biggest challenges: stigma and racism”

“Today, as the Prevention Access Campaign’s U.S. partnerships and community engagement manager, there’s an even more uplifting message he wants to spread: hope. “In 2016, Prevention Access came out with U=U,” Moore said of the Undetectable=Untransmittable campaign. “Basically with the right medication, the virus in your body becomes so suppressed that it’s undetectable and you …

December 1, 2020

Human Rights Campaign and PAC partner to educate about U=U

The Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s HIV & Equity Program, along with our partners at Prevention Access Campaign, has produced an insightful and informative guide to help everyone understand the U=U campaign and how it can be the key to finally ending this epidemic. Aside from providing scientifically-based information around health, U=U also seeks to end …

December 1, 2020

World AIDS Day 2020: South Carolina and New Jersey issue official proclamations about U=U

On World AIDS Day 2020, the governors of both South Carolina and New Jersey issued official proclamations noting the significance of World AIDS Day that included U=U. The South Carolina proclamation can be viewed here. A U=U display was also built at the statehouse and can be viewed here. The New Jersey proclamation can be viewed here

Latest News

“To end HIV epidemic, we must address health disparities”

PAC Welcomes U=U Ambassadors

US HIV infections could drop by 94% before 2030, if treatment is prioritised

DC Ends HIV adds U=U as Key Strategy

U=U encourages men in South Africa to test for HIV

PAC Staff member Deondre Moore: “Beaumont activist fights HIV’s biggest challenges: stigma and racism”

Human Rights Campaign and PAC partner to educate about U=U

World AIDS Day 2020: South Carolina and New Jersey issue official proclamations about U=U