252133 Successful Implementation of PrEP within the National HIV/AIDS Strategy

Tuesday, November 1, 2011: 3:10 PM

Ronald Valdiserri, MD, MPH , U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of HIV/AIDS Policy, Washington, DC
     
Results of iPrEX trial were published in the New England Journal of Medicine in November 2010. Briefly, there was a significant reduction of HIV infection, which increased with higher adherence rates among study subjects who received the active drug compared to those who received the placebo. Based on these findings, the CDC published interim guidelines for PrEP use among MSM in the January 28, 2011 issue of MMWR.

Learning Areas:
Protection of the public in relation to communicable diseases including prevention or control

Learning Objectives:
Describe and discuss the integration of successful implementation of PrEP within the National HIV/AIDS Strategy.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Health Infectious Diseases in the Department of Health and Human Services.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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