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Science 27 October 2000:
Vol. 290. no. 5492, p. 717
DOI: 10.1126/science.290.5492.717
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Policy Forum

HEALTH CARE POLICY:
U.S. Priorities-HIV Prevention

Joseph A. Catania,* Stephen F. Morin, Jesse Canchola, Lance Pollack, Jason Chang, Thomas J. Coates

One of the scientific anomalies of the AIDS epidemic is the large difference in infection rates across populations. Given limited resources and segregated epidemics, prevention funding should be directed to population segments with high HIV prevalence and incidence. However, recent surveys of U.S. populations indicate that the allocation of prevention dollars is not consistent with the distribution of HIV in the population.

The authors are at the Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, AIDS Research Institute, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA.

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: jcatania{at}psg.ucsf.edu

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