Lawmakers ask agency leaders if they support global HIV/AIDS prevention statement

After the Lancet published a statement in November 27, 2004 entitled "The Time Has Come for Common Ground on Preventing Sexual Transmission of HIV", now a group of Democratic members of Congress is asking federal agencies to take a stand:

Ten Democratic members of Congress have sent letters to federal agency leaders asking if they support a global consensus statement on the prevention of sexual transmission of HIV, signed by more than 130 international political, health and scientific leaders and published in The Lancet on November 27. The letter—which went to the directors of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the US Agency for International Development, as well as the White House Global AIDS Coordinator—inquires, “Given the broad international and domestic support for The Lancet statement and the importance of collaboration in AIDS prevention efforts worldwide, we would like to know whether you, as a key leaders in this administration in combating HIV/AIDS, support this statement.”

You can see the details, and a link to the letter itself (on pdf.) in Lawmakers ask agency leaders if they support global HIV/AIDS prevention statement from ResearchResearch.