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How did circumcision prevent HIV in clinical trials in Africa...
and what does it mean for the United States?
Educational briefing paper for US AIDS communities based on information available as of March 29, 2007

Recent research shows that circumcision could be an effective new HIV prevention tool, especially in areas of the world with high HIV prevalence and low rates of circumcision. This promising news is clearly significant for sub- Saharan Africa. It is still unclear what this data could mean for HIV prevention strategies in the United States, where the epidemic is severe within specific communities, but is different from the epidemic in hard-hit regions of Africa where AIDS is common among the general population. There is a lot of new and important data on circumcision, and much of it raises more questions than answers when we consider what it may mean for the epidemic in the US.

To read our position paper How did circumcision prevent HIV in clinical trials in Africa...
and what does it mean for the United States? click here

OPPOSE THE CENSORSHIP OF SCIENCE
CHAMP is increasing grassroots AIDS community participation in opposing the censorship of science.

It is one of the AIDS movement’s greatest hallmarks that social scientists, educators and policy makers have worked together to create multilayered prevention education programs. However, the recent clash of ideology and science in the federal political arena, so hotly debated with respect to stem-cell research, has grave implications for this unity and the future of AIDS prevention. For example, although ten years of cumulative behavioral research both supports comprehensive sexuality education and seriously questions value of “abstinence-only-until-marriage” programs, levels of federal funding for abstinence-only education continue to increase.

The emphasis of ideology over evidence-based research in Congress stimulates censorship and discourages a frank debate on HIV prevention.

To read our position paper ATTACKS ON SCIENCE = ATTACKS ON HIV PREVENTION click here

NOVEMBER 23, 2003:
Prepared on behalf of the November 24 March on the White House Coalition
2003 Year-in-review: HIV/AIDS US Policy Briefing Papers
Full text of the YEAR-IN-REVIEW report

OCTOBER 28 - NOVEMBER 3, 2003
Report written by Julie Davids of CHAMP on behalf of co-sponsors CHAMP, TAG and AIDES:
REPORT FROM THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL TB/HIV COMMUNITY EDUCATION & MOBILIZATION WORKSHOP
The Second International TB/HIV Community Education & Mobilization Workshop took place in Paris in 2003, drawing together community activists from countries with high rates of TB and HIV co-infection. TB is the biggest killer of people with HIV worldwide. The gathering provided an opportunity for international HIV community representatives to develop plans and strategies to mobilize communities, policymakers, and resources to better fight TB/HIV at the country and regional levels, and participate in global policy dialogue.

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