The Georgia AIDS Coalition is a not-for-profit Georgia corporation created in 1989 to act as an education resource for the formation and articulation of public policy regarding HIV infection. GAC is the only Georgia organization fully devoted to this purpose.
Our Objectives
- Ensure ethical decision-making on HIV/AIDS issues
- Educate and update the public, agencies and public officials on HIV/AIDS related issues and concerns
- Promote collaboration among organizations with a similar focus
- Advocate for HIV/AIDS issues
- Inform individuals with HIV on legislative issues
Latest Headlines from the Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report
The Georgia AIDS Coalition has been honored with two grants to establish a free mobile HIV testing program. GAC has entered into an agreement with DeKalb County Board of Health whereby its health personnel will do the testing and counseling as part of the program under GAC’s auspices.
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Approximately one in five (19 percent) men who have sex with men (MSM) in a study of 21 major U.S. cities is infected with HIV, and nearly half (44 percent) of those men are unaware of their infection, according to a new analysis from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In the study, young MSM and MSM of color were least likely to know their HIV status. The findings were published today in CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
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Due to increased program enrollment over the last 12 months and limited funding, a waiting list will be implemented and there will be changes regarding the GA ADAP that may affect you. Read more…