Meet the aaa+ Honorees Working to Improve Access to AIDS Drugs

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September 13, 2016

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The AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) helps provide medications to low-income people living with HIV. And the ADAP Advocacy Association (aaa+) is a grassroots group that helps promote ADAP.

On Saturday, September 24, aaa+ will host its annual ADAP Leadership Awards Dinner in Washington, DC, in conjunction with its annual conference. According to an aaa+ press release, the 2015–2016 honorees are:

ADAP Champion of the Year (individual): 

Carl Schmid, The AIDS Institute

ADAP Emerging Leader of the Year (individual): 

Alex Smith, AIDS Alabama

ADAP Corporate Partner of the Year:

Prudential Financial Inc.

ADAP Community Organization of the Year: 

North Carolina AIDS Action Network (NCAAN)

ADAP Lawmaker of the Year: 

The Honorable Carl Sciortino, Massachusetts House of Representatives (2005 to 2014)

ADAP Social Media Campaign of the Year: 

Marcus Hopkins, HEAL Blog, by the Community Access National Network (CANN)

ADAP Grassroots Campaign of the Year: 

Legalized Needle Exchange, by the North Carolina Harm Reduction Coalition (NCHRC)

ADAP Media Story of the Year:

JD Davids, TheBody.com, “Sex 58,000 Times With Undetectable Partners = Zero HIV Transmission,” 07/14/16

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