HIV+Hep in the News

Carl Schmid, the executive director of the HIV+Hepatitis Policy Institute in Washington, told Reuters he had been told by a government agency source that the division might be shut down and that a decision would be made this week on the funding of HIV prevention at the CDC. Schmid, who co-chaired the Presidential Advisory Council of HIV/AIDS during President Donald Trump’s first term, said he understood all of the division’s funding is “up in the air”.

“This is the basic function of the CDC. Where does that money go? To the states — to do testing, to do surveillance, to do outreach efforts. Who’s going to do that?” asked Carl Schmid, director at the HIV+Hepatitis Policy Institute who learned of the discussions from an official within the administration.