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Between COVID and a New Administration, What s to Come for the “Ending the HIV Epidemic” Plan?
Dec. 15, 2020
New York City Health Department Deputy Commissioner for the Division of Disease Control Dr. Demetre C. Daskalakis, who has played a huge role in dramatically driving down HIV rates in the city over the past eight years, was just named incoming head of HIV prevention at the CDC.
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In March, right before COVID-19 hit hard, the activist-initiated but Trump administration–approved plan to End the HIV Epidemic (EHE) in the U.S. was proceeding apace. At the time, targeted jurisdictions across the country were just starting to get their initial federal funding to start drafting their plans, and there was some concern about whether and how state and county health departments would truly engage people from the most affected communities (gay Black men, Black transgender women, rural injection-drug users, etc.) in their planning.