Title: Policies & Resolutions

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Section/SPIG: HIV/AIDS

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The HIV/AIDS Section's Policy and Resolution Committee had an active year in 2003. In a collaborative effort with the International Health Section we submitted two resolutions for consideration: 1) The Importance of Prevention Efforts with HIV-Positive Individuals and 2) Supporting Increased U.S. Investments in Bilateral and Multilateral Programs to Address the Epidemics of HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. Both of these resolutions were enacted by vote of the Governing Council at APHA's Annual Meeting in San Francisco and are now official APHA Policy Statements. (Please see the APHA Web site for complete text of the Policies - 2003-03 and 2003-22, respectively). A special THANK YOU to Titilayo Ainegbesua Oladosu-Okoror and Diana Silimperi of the IH Section for their great work and assistance in coordinating our Sections' policy activities this past year.

This year the HIV/AIDS section will submit one proposed resolution addressing Comprehensive Sexual Health Education Programs.

The two major priorities for the remainder of this year will be to review existing APHA policy statements for any gaps in issues related to HIV/AIDS and to identify any outstanding implementation steps in existing policy statements.

Please contact me if you're interested in participating in either of these activities or have additional ideas.