Domestic HIV-prevention efforts have, in fact, been largely successful in the United States.  A combined effort of activists sounding the alarm, educators conducting outreach, researchers testing scientifically based prevention methods, and policymakers enacting sound policies and investing needed resources has helped stem the epidemic in this country. Today, we see 40,000 new infections each year, and while this number is too high-even one new infection is too high when dealing with a disease that we know how to prevent-it is a sign of remarkable progress for a country of over 300 million people.

Unfortunately, we have hit a plateau in the prevention of this disease and the number of new infections has remained stagnant rather than continuing to decrease. A different reality might be at hand had HIV prevention been given the necessary political support and adequate funding for evidence-based interventions. Instead, the current administration has seized on this plateau and declared our domestic HIV-prevention efforts a failure...

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March 10, 2007: National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day