Increased HIV screening may help identify more people with the disease, but there may not be enough resources to provide them with the care they need. The Institute of Medicine's Committee on HIV Screening and Access to Care concludes that more practitioners must be trained in HIV/AIDS care and treatment and their hospitals, clinics, and health departments must receive sufficient funding to meet a growing demand for care.
The United States has spent two productive decades implementing a variety of prevention programs. While these efforts have slowed the rate of infection, challenges remain. The United States must refocus its efforts to contain the spread of HIV and AIDS in a way that would prevent as many new HIV infections as possible. No Time to Lose presents the Institute of Medicine's framework for a national prevention strategy.
Estimates the effect on Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act (CARE Act) funding to urban areas (UA) if a certain stop-loss provision is enacted. Under the CARE Act, funding for UA is provided through three categories of grants: (1) formula grants that are awarded based on the case counts of people with HIV/AIDS in an UA; (2) supplemental grants that are awarded on a competitive basis based on an UA's demonstration of need; and (3) Minority AIDS Initiative grants, which are awarded to UA to address disparities in access, treatment, care, and health outcomes. This report developed an estimate of CARE Act funding with the stop-loss provision in, and also developed an estimate of such funding without that provision. Ill.