Policy Focus Areas

IDSA’s Policy & Advocacy Activities
An up-to-date compendium of IDSA's policy statements and advocacy efforts, with links to federal policy documents, regulations and testimony.

Special Areas of Focus

• Adult and Adolescent Immunization
• Bad Bugs, No Drugs
• Home Infusion Therapy
• IDSA/HIVMA Positions on Health Reform
• Pandemic and Seasonal Influenza
• Strategies to Address Antimicrobial Resistance (STAAR) Act

Areas of Focus

• Product Research & Development
  • Antimicrobials
  • Vaccines
  • AIDS Specific
• Physician Practice and Payment
• Public Health and Bioemergencies
  • Antimicrobial Resistance
  • Biodefense
  • Disease Prevention and Surveillance
  • Food Safety
  • Global Infectious Diseases
  • Immunization 
  • Infection Control/Laboratories
  • Pandemic and Seasonal Influenza
• Medical Education and Research
  • Regulatory Burdens Faced in Clinical Research
• Access to Quality Health Care
• Federal Funding
  • Domestic
  • International