The Science Of Evidence-based Hiv Prevention Interventions

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Confronting the Evidence in Evidence-Based Prevention: Current Scientific and Political Challenges

Defining and Deriving Evidence: What Counts? Methods for Evaluating Social and Policy Interventions: What Is Appropriate? Methodological Limitations of Prevention Trials Ideological Obstacles to Evidence-Based Prevention ... Read more »

HIV Combination Prevention Programs Should Be Evidence-Based, Lancet Opinion Piece Says

"Effective public health must be grounded in evidence and prioritize what is most effective," Daniel Halperin of the Harvard School of Public Health writes in a Lancet opinion piece. Halperin discusses a November 2008 Lancet opinion piece ,... Read more »

Use Evidence-Based Outcomes on Harm Reduction to Prevent New HIV Infections, Lancet Editorial Says

A Lancet editorial highlights a document released during the 22nd International Harm Reduction Conference, which is taking place in Beirut, Lebanon, this week, saying it "sets out how the international community has failed people who inject drugs... Read more »

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Recent prevention failure and efforts to cure the disease part 2 (HIV IS 100% PREVENTABLE TODAY, 2009)

Thanks for your quick response. I have to disagree too on one point. You said that HIV is 100% preventable which is correct but it ignores the nature of human beings. Let me explain. Many actually know the ways of transmission but this leads not...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,Sorry, I have to disagree with your disagreement!The statement that HIV is 100% preventable is completely true and has nothing to do with human nature! It's just a scientific fact that we could prevent all (or essentially all) HIV... Read more »

Recent prevention failure and efforts to cure the disease part 3 (HIV IS 100% PREVENTABLE TODAY, 2010)

Thanks again. I understand your difficulties in managing a prevention forum since your objective is to put more fear on the disease to lower further infections but the general and widespread opinion of doctors and researchers is that HIV is a...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,Dude, you're spending way too much time on this site and arguing with the wrong guy. Generally you and I agree on most things. It's just that I have the perspective of being HIV infected since January 1991 plus the experience of being... Read more »

HIV is not so bad anymore (HIV PREVENTION SPECTRUM 2010)

I understand you must keep the prevention message high but do you think that the Fear HIV method is still functioning after 2 decades of the HIV epidemic? Don't you think it's the same as putting warning messages on cigarette packages...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,Thanks for your comments. I appreciated your point of view, but disagree with some of your assumptions.1. That you "continue to see people absolutely not concerned about HIV" doesn't mean HIV is nothing to be concerned about. The... Read more »

Your Science-based website has convinced me I have HIV

I have a science and engineering background and I agree that nothing happens (biologically or scientifically) without a cause, as Dr. Bob would say. Since the data you give is scientifically based, I chose your site thebody.com to help me analyze...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello Terrified Canadian Guy,I don't think you are going to like this response. However, since this is a science-based information site, I really have no choice other than to present you with the facts.1.Fact 1: You are definitively and... Read more »

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HIV Prevention Program Assistant D.C

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

Assist senior prevention team members in carrying out activities in the CDC-funded program to provide technical assistance and conduct policy analysis on state HIV/AIDS prevention programs. Full description at: www.nastad.org.
Washington , District... Read more »

the distortion of Science

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

HIV, AIDS, and the Distortion of Science By Dissidents

Project Inform - May 2000
Martin Delaney

In the past year, there has been a noisy resurgence of claims that HIV does not cause AIDS and that AIDS is not contagious. Proponents of this view insist... Read more »

More Evidence

Posted by Bear60

More Evidence of the USA's mishandling of the HIV/AIDS funding is shown in this article:
The New York Blade
12/09/2006

By VINCENT MACISAAC

"I'M FRIGHTENED ENOUGH that talking to you makes me nervous," a senior
official at an American health organization... Read more »

Join us to take HIV Prevention to the next level!

Posted by Anonymous

Study Description:
NO/AIDS Task Force and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention invite you to help with a new program for men who have sex with men (MSM) and 18 years and older called SouthPOL+.
The purpose of this study is to pilot the CDC... Read more »

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