Report calls for changes in US global AIDS efforts.

The article focuses on a report issued by the U.S. Institute of Medicine analyzing the progress of the U.S. Global AIDS Initiative since its beginning in 2003. The report praises the program for a strong start in coping with the pandemic, and for its concentration on aiding the countries most affected by the disease. The need to move towards self-sustaining programs for prevention and treatment of the disease in those countries is cited.