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President Trump pledged a ‘moonshot’ level effort to end HIV by 2030 during his State of the Union Speech. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is implementing the directive. They’ve since committed to an ambitious but slightly lower goal of a 90 percent reduction of new HIV transmissions in ten years. For Native Americans, infection rates increased from 2011 through 2015 according to HHS. We’ll talk with representatives from the Indian Health Service and HIV prevention advocates about the president’s laudable goal and how it fits in with their efforts. We’ll ask them how realistic it is to eliminate HIV in ten years.
Guests:
Dr. Michael Toedt – chief medical officer for the Indian Health Service
Mattee Jim (Diné) – supervisor of the HIV prevention programs for First Nations Community Healthsource
Ayn Whyte (Diné) – STI/HIV/AIDS prevention director for the Albuquerque Area Indian Health Board Inc.
Break 1 Music: Te Orokohanga (song) NRG Rising (artist) Te Orokohanga (single)
Break 2 Music: Euphony (song) Nitanis “Kit” Largo (artist) Serenity (album)
