September 1, 2010
As the State of Florida grapples with a budget shortfall that is crippling its AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) and forcing the state to place more than 1,300 low-income Floridians on waiting lists to access lifesaving AIDS medications, AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) has proposed an innovative solution to state health officials and seven leading AIDS drug companies that would create a public/private partnership to resolve the drug crisis and get vulnerable Florida AIDS patients on to lifesaving antiretroviral treatment.
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August 30, 2010
AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the largest global AIDS organization, today announced that its online community has grown to 100,000 people, including 64,643 Facebook followers and 32,690 members of its website e-community.
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August 26, 2010
By: My-Thuan Tran
An advocacy group that has been campaigning for more government protections for porn performers plans to file a complaint Thursday against mega-producer Larry Flynt Publications, publisher of Hustler.
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August 25, 2010
AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) hosted a press conference and protest in front of porn impresario Larry Flynt’s corporate headquarters—the Flynt Building—(8484 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills) to announce its filing of additional ‘Notice of Safety or Health Hazards’ complaints with Cal/OSHA (California’s Department of Industrial Relations, Division of Occupational Safety and Health), the state’s workplace health and safety regulatory and watchdog organization, over the blacklist on the use of condoms in adult films produced by Larry Flynt Productions (LFP).
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August 23, 2010
AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the largest global AIDS organization, responded to today’s announcement by the Obama Administration that it will allocate $30 million in funding to address the national AIDS Drug Assistance Program crisis that has left 3,000 Americans on waiting lists to receive lifesaving AIDS medications by saying “Thank you, but it is not nearly enough.”
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August 23, 2010
More than 2,900 people are now on waiting lists to receive lifesaving AIDS medications in 13 states and more than 300 people have been disenrolled from programs in Ohio and Utah.
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August 20, 2010
AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) today commended United States Senator Bill Nelson (D, FL) for pressing colleagues in the Senate Democratic Leadership to address a funding crisis wreaking havoc with the lives of thousands of people living with HIV/AIDS who are dependent on the nation’s AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP), a Federal/State program that pays for lifesaving AIDS drugs for low-income Americans.
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August 19, 2010
At the start of 2010, two AHF employees packed their bags and began a cross-country journey with the goal to Test America. 24,000 miles later the tour has returned home having testing 5,250 individuals across the United States.
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August 18, 2010
Following ongoing advocacy campaigns spearheaded by AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) that targeted several of the largest AIDS drug companies over their pricing and rebate policies for the nation’s AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs), the federally funded, state run programs that supply lifesaving AIDS drugs to low-income Americans in need, that the last remaining major AIDS drug company, Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) today announced an agreement that will provide additional cost savings to cash-strapped ADAPs nationwide.
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August 18, 2010
By: Julian Pecquet
A leading critic of Democrats' response to the AIDS epidemic is applauding Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) for pressing his colleagues to provide "robust funding" for the nation's AIDS Drug Assistance Program.
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