San Francisco AIDS Foundation Fiscal Year 2006-2007 Annual Operating Plan & Budget

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The following is excerpted from Strategic Planning Highlights.

SFAF supports new efforts to address the disproportionate impact of HIV on African American men who have sex with men

In the past year, there has been a great deal of media and public policy attention paid to the disproportionate share of HIV infections among African American gay and other men who have sex with men (MSM).

In response, the public policy staff has played a key leadership role in creating the National Black Gay Men's Advocacy Coalition, a new national advocacy organization focused on this population. Efforts to urge the federal government to develop an effective response to this crisis will be also be a major part of SFAF's federal policy portfolio in the year ahead.

Key HIV prevention and care messages to be delivered through new social marketing campaigns 

There is clearly a need for effective social marketing in 2006: 25% of those with HIV do not know their status because they have not had a test or have not returned for the results. Of those who have tested positive, it is estimated that 20% are not accessing care. SFAF will be designing campaigns on a range of key client-identified topics.