President Clinton Releases First-Ever National AIDS Strategy

12/20/96 FRI 19:01 FAX [phone]

AIDS POLICY

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TRANSIATIONOF RESEARCH INTO PRACTICE
* Developing Treatment Guideins
One of the most critical tasks for clinicians and patients is interpreting the
patchwork of data and articles regarding treatments and converting it into a
therapeutic strategy for their patients. The Administration has begun a threepronged strategy to develop information for clinicians and patients, The National
Institutes of Health has held the first of a series of conferences to bring together
current scientific information about new AIDS treatments. The Office of
HIV/AIDS Policy at the Department of Health and Human Services has begun a
process to develop clinical practice guidelines in conjunction with relevant Federal
Agencies and private sector representatives. And the Forum for Collaborative
HIV Research, a public-private partnership involving researchers, clinicians, and
patient advocates, will identify additional clinical trials to be supported by the
Forum participants, which include Federal Agencies, pharmaceutical
manufacturers, clinicians, researchers, and patient advocates.
Individual copies of the National AIDS Strategy and its appendices are available
by calling the National AIDS Hotline, 1-800-342-AIDS, or by writing to the CDC
National AIDS Clearinghouse, P.O. Box 6003, Rockville, MD, 20849-6003. The National
AIDS Strategy can also be viewed or downloaded from the CDC National AIDS
Clearinghouse World Wide Web site address: http://cdcnac.aspensys.com:86.