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The Office of National AIDS Policy is part of the White House Domestic Policy Council and is tasked with coordinating the continuing efforts of the government to reduce the number of HIV infections across the United States. The office emphasizes prevention through wide-ranging education initiatives and helps to coordinate the care and treatment ...
Sandra L. Thurman was appointed by the president as the director of the Office of National AIDS Policy at the White House in 1997. For nearly two decades, Thurman has been a leader and advocate ...
Sandra Thurman is known for her work on AIDS. She was appointed in 1997 as the third director of the Office of National AIDS Policy serving in Bill Clinton 's administration. [1][2] As of 2023 she is the senior advisor to the Division of Global HIV and Tuberculosis at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Chief Strategy Officer at ...
But the U.S. blood donation policy is full of contradictions, said Jeff Crowley, former director of the White House Office of National AIDS Policy. Crowley, now a professor at Georgetown ...
The controversy spawns a national discussion about privacy for people with AIDS. 13 / 26. 1988: World AIDS Day. ... President Clinton launches the White House Office of National AIDS Policy.
Hiers’ work with AIDS Alabama began in 2001, before which she was executive director of Mobile AIDS Support Services in Mobile, Alabama. Hiers continues to advocate for people living with HIV ...
National Commission on AIDS. The U.S. National Commission on AIDS was established by a statute enacted November 4, 1988, with the aim of "promoting the development of a national consensus on policy concerning acquired immune deficiency syndrome [AIDS]". [1] It produced several reports over the next 4 years.
Johnson has been featured in a documentary about HIV, stigma, and poverty in the rural U.S. South. She and her colleague Tamela King discuss HIV-related issues affecting their community in rural ...