Obama Appoints Grant Colfax to Lead National AIDS Strategy

Mumbai : India | Mar 15, 2012 at 6:39 AM PDT

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San Francisco’s top HIV public health administrator, Dr. Grant Colfax was appointed to take charges of the Office of National AIDS Policy as head by the President Obama on Wednesday. Now, Dr. Colfax is accountable for carrying out National AIDS Strategy announced last year.

The aim of the National AIDS Strategy is to bring reduction in the new HIV infections, increase in accessibility and adherence to treatment, and addressing of HIV-related health differences, particularly among minority groups.

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Obama Appoints Grant Colfax to Lead National AIDS Strategy

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