Comments on: Effective HIV Prevention Programs in the U.S. http://blog.aids.gov/2011/03/effective-hiv-prevention-programs-in-the-us.html HIV Policy & Programs. Research. New Media. Mon, 20 May 2013 21:11:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Jessica http://blog.aids.gov/2011/03/effective-hiv-prevention-programs-in-the-us.html#comment-2673 Jessica Mon, 06 Jun 2011 13:28:09 +0000 http://production.aidsblog.icfi.com/2011/03/effective-hiv-prevention-programs-in-the-us/#comment-2673 I find these points to be very helpful and interesting. However, I think the simple fact that knowledge is power will help in the reduction of the HIV epidemic. Understanding all the modes of transmission, treatment, prevelance, ect. will help decrease the incidence. Yesterday on yahoo.com, there was an article claiming that there is man who has been “cured” of HIV. I found it very interesting to read.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookout/20110603/us_yblog_thelookout/first-man-functionally-cured-of-hiv

]]> By: Jessica http://blog.aids.gov/2011/03/effective-hiv-prevention-programs-in-the-us.html#comment-2551 Jessica Sat, 04 Jun 2011 18:58:21 +0000 http://production.aidsblog.icfi.com/2011/03/effective-hiv-prevention-programs-in-the-us/#comment-2551 I think that the three points discussed are very important but I find it interesting that the power of knowledge wasn’t mentioned. There are many interventions to prevent and treat HIV but I think that simply the understanding the disease and being aware of the modes of transmission could potentially decrease the number of incidences a year by some percentage. In many situations during our lectures in nursing school, we have been taught a preventative upstream approach and I think that simply teaching the vulnerable populations the basics of the disease and this could potentially help the epidemic.

]]> By: Donald Babb http://blog.aids.gov/2011/03/effective-hiv-prevention-programs-in-the-us.html#comment-1310 Donald Babb Wed, 11 May 2011 18:14:52 +0000 http://production.aidsblog.icfi.com/2011/03/effective-hiv-prevention-programs-in-the-us/#comment-1310 You can view and hear Dr. Mermin’s presentation at the link above, but you can only download the audio (MP3 file).

Are the slides from the presentation available anywhere for download?

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