NYC AIDS Commission Calls For More Condoms, More Testing
(New York City - The Associated Press) Posted: May 23, 2005 8:00 pm ET
A commission studying HIV/AIDS issued a list of recommendations Monday for containing the disease in New York City, including making condoms more widely available and pushing for more HIV testing.
In a draft report, the 21-member commission also called for expanded drug treatment programs and efforts to reduce the stigma associated with being HIV-positive.
"The commission's draft recommendations will significantly strengthen our response to the epidemic," said Dr. Scott Kellerman, the city's assistant commissioner for HIV/AIDS prevention and control.
New York City is home to 100,000 people living with HIV/AIDS, or about one in six people living with the disease in the United States, the city says. About 4,000 people are newly diagnosed with AIDS each year in the city, and about 1,700 die from it each year.
City health officials invited the public to study the report and comment on it. The comment period closes June 13.
©Associated Press 2005
A commission studying HIV/AIDS issued a list of recommendations Monday for containing the disease in New York City, including making condoms more widely available and pushing for more HIV testing.
In a draft report, the 21-member commission also called for expanded drug treatment programs and efforts to reduce the stigma associated with being HIV-positive.
"The commission's draft recommendations will significantly strengthen our response to the epidemic," said Dr. Scott Kellerman, the city's assistant commissioner for HIV/AIDS prevention and control.
New York City is home to 100,000 people living with HIV/AIDS, or about one in six people living with the disease in the United States, the city says. About 4,000 people are newly diagnosed with AIDS each year in the city, and about 1,700 die from it each year.
City health officials invited the public to study the report and comment on it. The comment period closes June 13.
©Associated Press 2005
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