MARCH 25, 2025 – Treatment Action Group (TAG) is deeply concerned about the Trump administration’s potential plans to eliminate vital HIV programs at the CDC’s Division of HIV Prevention (DHP) and other programs in the National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP). This concern extends to possible cuts of as much as 50% to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA); there has also been reporting that CDC expert advisory committees may be eliminated, including the CDC/HRSA Advisory Committee on HIV, Viral Hepatitis and STD Prevention and Treatment. These programs form the backbone of our nation’s infectious disease response to a number of diseases in addition to HIV, including HBV, HCV, chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, and other transmissible infections. The programs save countless lives across the United States. Without DHP and other NCHHSTP programs, more Americans — including infants — will unnecessarily acquire HIV as well as congenital syphilis, which can be fatal if not treated rapidly enough. These cuts threaten all of the progress our country has made against HIV, TB, hepatitis C, and other infectious diseases.
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Source : Treatment Action Group
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