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The Body.com reported on a presentation by the CDC at CROI on Molecular Surveillance.
An excerpt from the article.....
Addressing Community Concerns
Toward the end of the presentation, Oster acknowledged the concerns that the HIV community has about the CDC's molecular surveillance system, beginning with the concern over existing criminalization laws. She argued that these laws often criminalize lack of disclosure and potential exposure without diagnosis and regardless of viral load. Oster also noted that as of now, the data cannot assess directionality of transmission and emphasized that the CDC does not care about that.
"Regardless, I want to state that for public health purposes, the goal is not to identify direction of transmission, but rather to detect networks in need of prevention and care services," she said.
Given the concerns, however, CDC is re-emphasizing efforts to protect public health data from non–public-health use. Though Oster did not go into detail on any of these plans, she did say the CDC is requiring all health departments to further strengthen data protection to ensure that the collected data is only used for public-health purposes.
The presentation also noted that communities are concerned about increasing the stigma around HIV transmission. Oster said that the CDC is working to avoid further marginalizing any population. The goal is to act on cluster data in a way that encourages people to seek lifesaving services and to make sure those services are "culturally competent, acceptable, and accessible to the people who need them most."
Oster also assured the audience that the CDC and health departments across the country are engaging and will continue to engage communities to hear their concerns and priorities and identify ways to work together to achieve common goals.
www.thebodypro.com/content/81662/cdc-explains-defends-molecular-surveillance-system.html?ic=tbphn...
CDC Explains and Defends Molecular Surveillance System
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A leading researcher at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention addressed community concerns that surveillance data will be used to put people in ...Nice coverage of Sero’s network building work.
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