Oversight

Ensuring Early Diagnosis and Access to Treatment for HIV/AIDS: Can Federal Resources Be More Effectively Targeted?

Date: April 26, 2006
Time: 2:30pm
Agenda:

 

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This hearing will examine how federal funding is being distributed to provide AIDS drugs and HIV testing opportunities in the U.S. GAO will present the findings of a just completed three year examination of these efforts. HRSA and CDC will also testify on their programs.

Witnesses

Panel 1

Dr.

Deborah

Hopson

Associate Administrator

Health Resources and Services Administration HIV/AIDS Bureau

Panel 1

Dr.

Kevin

Fenton

Director

National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Panel 1

Dr.

Marcia

Crosse

Director, Public Health and Military Health Care Issues

U. S. Government Accountability Office

Panel 2

Ms.

Beth

Scalco

Director

HIV/AIDS program, Louisiana Office of Public Health State Director, National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD)

Panel 2

Mr.

Michael

Weinstein

President

AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), The Nation’s Largest Provider of HIV/AIDS Medical Care