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  • Title: Department of Defense AIDS research funding.
    Author: Donnelly A.
    Journal: PI Perspect; 1995 May; (no 16):16. PubMed ID: 11362423.
    Abstract:
    The Department of Defense (DoD) is dismantling its U.S. HIV clinical research program in favor of preventive vaccine work in Thailand. The rationale for this decision is that HIV-infected personnel are considered casualties and, therefore, of limited use to the force. Closure of the clinical portion of the DoD program will have several serious effects on the nation's overall AIDS research effort. For example, the military AIDS research program has developed the only surveillance system for transmission of drug-resistant strains of HIV and, due to a study population with known dates of seroconversion, continues to do the bulk of work in that area. The closure of DoD domestic clinical HIV research will also leave at least 11,000 HIV-infected service people with limited, if not nonexistent, access to clinical trials. The Administration's budget also seeks a 23 percent funding reduction in the DoD research program, a proposal that Congress may not altogether reject. It appears the military's intent is to funnel the entire programmed budget for FY '96 into preventive vaccine development. Project Inform rejects any reduction or closure actions by the military of their AIDS research program. To join the effort, call the PI hotline at 1-800-822-7422.
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