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To End the HIV Crisis, We Must Address Poverty

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Medical Assistant Hector Reyes administers an HIV blood test to patient in Los Angeles, California, on March 18, 2014.

n his State of the Union speech, President Trump called for ending the HIV epidemic in the United States within 10 years. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar and senior public health officials stated that the government plans to focus on highly impacted areas and getting drugs to people at risk.

I am a social scientist with over 10 years of expertise in the area of health disparities. My research interests include understanding and addressing disparities in HIV and cancer outcomes, particularly among immigrant and minority populations, using a social determinants of health framework. Read More

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