February PACHA Meeting to Focus on Women and Girls

Submitted by Minuteman on Thu, 2012-02-09 02:28

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'By Christopher Bates, M.P.A., Executive Director, Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS, and Senior Advisor to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, Infectious Diseases, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

The Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA) will convene February 28 and 29 in Washington, DC. Among the many items on the agenda for the 45th meeting of the PACHA, two are of particular note:

* A conversation with Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius on a variety of issues, including the implementation of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy across HHS.
* PACHA will devote much of the first day of this meeting to an examination of the state of HIV/AIDS among women and girls in the U.S. and the nation’s response. A number of speakers have been invited to address PACHA on issues including HIV/AIDS research, prevention, and access to care and treatment.'

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"an examination of the state of HIV/AIDS among women and girls in the U.S. and the nation’s response."

How is gender relevant to aids and it's response? and if there is some relevance, will as much time be spent examine the same concerns with regards to men? Why must an entire day be framed as "for women"?

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Submitted by Kratch on Thu, 2012-02-09 20:56