AIDS 2010: Researchers Moving Toward HIV/AIDS Treatments and Cures
VIENNA, AUSTRIA--At the XVIII International AIDS Conference, researchers discussed the need to create safer and more effective treatments for the virus than have existed before. The conference offered insight into the areas which offer some for the best promise for future prevention, treatment and cure efforts. Here are some examples of what experts were talking about.
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AIDS 2010: Global Health Leaders Say Stigma Exacerbates HIV Epidemic Among Black Gay/Bi Men
VIENNA, AUSTRIA: From pre-conference events to the massive human rights march through downtown Vienna, world leaders, public health experts and HIV activists honed in with laser-like precision on a common message at The 18th International AIDS Conference in Vienna : The ongoing persecution and criminalization of gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men—“MSM”, in public health shorthand—are undermining efforts to control the global HIV/AIDS pandemic.
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The ‘Other’ Sheila Johnson
Don’t call Sheila Johnson a billionaire. “I hate that,” she says. Technically, Johnson, the BET co-founder-turned-philanthropist is worth $400 million according to last year’s Forbes list of America’s richest Black folks. Recently, she put $500,000 of that fortune where her heart is: "The Other City," a film that shines the light on the HIV/AIDS crisis in Washington, D.C.
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Governments Struggle to Cope with ADAP Funding Crisis
If you’re worried that poor and uninsured people living with HIV won’t be able to access life-sustaining medication in the midst of the economic downturn, don’t be, the federal government says, no one who has requested aid will go without.
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Human Rights Rally Rocks The Streets Of Vienna
On her 28th birthday, Tabeth Masengu of South Africa, didn’t plan a romantic, evening at home or meet up with friends to paint the town red. Instead, last night, she slipped on some comfortable shoes and took to a crowded street in Vienna, Austria, to join thousands of other men, women and children in an impassioned march for human rights.
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AIDS 2010: Concerns for Black Gay and Bisexual Men Raised to National and Global Platforms
VIENNA, AUSTRIA -- In mid June the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released troubling new data. Researchers reported that the HIV/AIDS caseload in Milwaukee, Wisconsin is soaring--especially among men who have sex with other men, called MSM in public health jargon. Since 2000, the CDC has reported a 160 percent increase in the number of new HIV infections among younger Black gay and bisexual men.
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Is Participating in Vaccine Clinical Trials Worth The Risk?
Last week, U.S. government scientists announced their discovery of three antibodies in a man's cells, including one that neutralizes 91 percent of HIV strains. At the age of 60, this man, known in scientific circles as Donor 45, became one of the most important participants in HIV research. Donor 45 is Black, gay and has been living with HIV for 20 years. What makes him special in the field of HIV is not his gender or race or sexual orientation or age.
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The Global Village Is Vibrant But Still Not Perfect
As the smell of popcorn permeates the air, dozens of languages and dialects soundtrack the wide-open space of the Global Village, the literal heart of the International AIDS Conference. Free and open to the public, more than 100 booths set the Global Village's stage, each one touching on HIV and AIDS from an educational, social, ethnic, political or economic point of view. The women’s undergarments in one corner highlight the Women’s Forum where attendees from South Africa and the Ukraine talk about w
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Q&A: Drs. Salim and Quarraisha Abdool Karim, Breakthrough Microbicide Researchers
An experimental vaginal gel is showing great promise in the fight against HIV. The groundbreaking new microbicide--which contains the antiretroviral drug tenofovir (prescribed orally under the name Viread)--has been shown to significantly cut the HIV-transmission rate.
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Breakthrough Microbicide Research Paves Way for Female-Controlled HIV Protection
In a groundbreaking study, a gel made using an antiretroviral drug was found to be effective in reducing a woman's risk of becoming infected with HIV. This is the first time in history that this kind of topical medication, known as a microbicide, has worked, despite many earlier trials. The research broke yesterday at the International AIDS Conference in Vienna and is widely believed to be the biggest news that will come out of the 6-day event.
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Protesters Open Up World AIDS Conference With Venom Towards US and President Obama
VIENNA, AUSTRIA -- With a special rancor reserved for the U.S. and president Barack Obama, hundreds of AIDS activists and people living with AIDS marched en masse through the Messe Wien conference center at the start of the XVIII International AIDS conference (AIDS 2010) in Vienna, Austria, demanding more money for AIDS funding. Amid shouts of “Obama lied, millions die!” and “Keep your promise, we want to live!"throngs of protesters from around the world snaked through the conference center giving vibran
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Top Obama Officials Discuss New AIDS Strategy with Black Journalists
As the AIDS epidemic turned 20 in 2001, Helene Gayle, MD, MPH, made a bold promise: To reduce the number of Americans newly infected with HIV--then believed to be 40,000 a year--by half in the next five years. That didn't happen. Dr. Gayle moved to the Gates Foundation, graduating to the global stage, and a comprehensive national strategic plan to combat HIV/AIDS never materialized.
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Microbicide Breakthroughs, Young People Empowered, The World Coming Together
Today's announcement at the International AIDS Conference in Vienna, Austria, about a breakthrough in microbicide development is reason to celebrate. While it is too early to declare mission accomplished--we are still years away from actually having an effective microbicide--a few hugs and kisses with a little patting of the back might very well be called for. We now have real reason to believe that within a reasonable period of time--one of the study author claims within a few years--women will have an
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Young People Connect at AIDS Conference, Struggle to Be Heard
The Youth Pavilion at the International AIDS Conference in Vienna kicked off yesterday in the Global Village, with a grand opening dance show and lots of noise. The pavilion is the main networking space for us at AIDS 2010, so we hugely celebrated its opening. A couple hundred young people from all around the world spoke, danced and hung out, full of joy, energy and hope. We shared experiences, laughter, knowledge and email addresses.
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Link Between Poverty and HIV Helps Explain Disproportionate Number of Blacks Infected
VIENNA, AUSTRIA –- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC) released a study Monday showing that although African-Americans are eight times more likely to contract HIV than Whites, among impoverished inner-city heterosexuals, poverty is such a driving force that the HIV infection rates are roughly the same for African-Americans, Whites and Hispanics.
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Opinion Editorial by CEO and Founder Phill Wilson
Race Still Matters: Race, Poverty and AIDS in Black America
Today the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC) released a study titled "Communities in Crisis: Is There a Generalized HIV Epidemic in Impoverished Urban Areas of the United States." The study is the third in a series of the CDC's rotating surveillance reports conducted to better understand America's HIV epidemic. Previous studies looked at HIV among gay and bisexual men (MSM) and intravenous drug users (IDUs). This research included Black, Latino and White (non-IDU) heterosexuals in 23 cities,
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Blog by Gary Bell, Executive Director, BEBASHI
Community Perspective on AIDS 2010 International AIDS Conference Vienna, Austria
Day One of the International AIDS Conference of 2010, but Day Three for me in Vienna, Austria. This is a time of ‘firsts’ for me: my first International AIDS Conference and my first time travelling to Europe . I am attending the conference as a delegate of BTAN, the Black AIDS Treatment Network of the Black AIDS Institute. My day job is as the Executive Director of BEBASHI- Transition to Hope; the first Black AIDS services organization in the country which is commemorating its 25th anniversary this year.
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Opinion Editorial by CEO and Founder Phill Wilson
The Time Has Come
Today President Obama fulfilled a promise he made on the campaign trail to implement a National AIDS Strategy for the United States. This marks the first time in the almost 30 years of America's HIV/AIDS epidemic that our nation will undertake a coordinated response and hold decision-makers accountable for achieving results. We commend the Obama administration for their efforts and look forward to working with partners in all sectors of our society to end the epidemic in Black America and all of America.
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National HIV/AIDS Strategy for the United States
THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT WAS RELEASED TODAY BY THE WHITE HOUSE. Thirty years ago, the first cases of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) garnered the world’s attention. Since then, over 575,000 Americans have lost their lives to AIDS and more than 56,000 people in the United States become infected with HIV each year. Currently, there are more than 1.1 million Americans living with HIV. Moreover, almost half of all Americans know someone living with HIV.
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HIV/AIDS Vaccine May be on the Horizon
The Wall Street Journal recently reported that US Government scientists' have discovered powerful antibodies that could eventually lead to an HIV/AIDS vaccination . The antibodies were found in the cells of a 60-year-old gay Black man known as Donor 45. The strongest of these cells neutralizes up to 91% of HIV strains, the most ever discovered to date. Black AIDS Institute President and CEO Phill Wilson recently appeared on CNN Newsroom with Don Lemon to discuss his reaction to this recent breakthr
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AIDS 2010 Vienna, Austria XVIII International AIDS Conference
The Black AIDS Institute (the Institute) will lead a media delegation to the XVIII International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2010) in Vienna, Austria from July 18 -23, 2010. The Institute has taken a media delegation to each of the past six International AIDS Conferences. This year’s delegation includes 13 black journalists representing media outlets such as The New York Times, Essence, Glamour, Fox News, the National Newspaper Publishers Association, AOL Black Voices and more. This seasoned group of journalis
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Statement on the National HIV/AIDS Strategy from Black AIDS Institute President and CEO Phill Wilson
My grandmother used to say, “If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.” Today represents a new day in our country’s nearly three-decade-long struggle against AIDS. For the first time, we finally have a national plan in place to guide our fight against the epidemic and to hold decision-makers accountable for results.
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Black AIDS Institute Intern Spotlight
101st NAACP National Conference
With just two days of exposure under my belt at the NAACP 101st National convention, I have educated, learned from and reached out to many people. This has been a great experience that I am sure to never forget. The convention is being held in Kansas City, Missouri. As part of the Wellness and Health Expo, the Black AIDS Institute has the Test 1 Million/ Greater Than AIDS booth; we will be here until Wednesday July 14th, so come visit our table to learn how HIV/AIDS is impacting Black America. Black co
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The Bronx Knows
When most people think of the Bronx, they think of the New York Yankees, hip-hop music and the largest metropolitan zoo in the United States. But New York City's northernmost borough is now famous for another reason: It is home to one of the nation's most successful new HIV-testing initiatives.
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Overweight Teen Girls More Likely to Start Sex Early
The amount of food their daughters are consuming, or the extra pounds they are packing on, may now be the least of parents' worries. According to a recent study presented at the annual meeting of the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, overweight teenage girls are more likely than normal-weight teens to start having sex early, take on multiple partners and forgo using condoms.
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ADAP Resolution Regarding Timely Access to Life-Saving Care and Treatment
As state governments cut ADAP funds and waiting lists reach record levels, the President's Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS convened an emergency meeting to request that President Obama step up to the plate and fund shortfalls to eliminate the waiting list.
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Rumor Control: Can I Contract HIV from an Experimental AIDS Vaccine?
Absolutely not. Here's how vaccines work: They help train our bodies to ward off diseases. They trick the body into thinking it already has an illness. This triggers the immune system to build an army of defenders, called antibodies, to attack the fake infection. The antibodies remain on call to protect us against future assaults. But antibodies are disease-specific. These microscopic warriors guarding against one sickness don't work when other infections invade.
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Opinion Editorial by CEO and Founder Phill Wilson
Protecting Overweight Girls, Participating in Clinical Trials and Petitioning President Obama
With Blacks comprising 70 percent of new HIV infections among youth, adults play a vital role in safeguarding them by first understanding young people's risk factors and then by empowering them to minimize their exposure. In this issue writer LaShieka Hunter examines research showing that overweight teen girls are likely to become sexually active younger, have multiple partners and not use condoms than average-weight girls.
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Black AIDS Institute Intern Spotlight
Progress Being Made
On June 27, 2010, National HIV Testing Day, I headed out on the Louisiana Test 1 Million Celebrity Tour, a statewide mobile HIV testing tour sponsored by the Louisiana Office of Public Health and the Black AIDS Institute. Our mobile caravan included staff members from both organizations along with AIDS activist and National Slam Poetry champion Sonya Renee. Actor Rockmond Dunbar (“Prison Break” and “The Family That Preys”) joined us along the way, and Miss Yambilee Imani Guillory joined us in Opelousas.
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Statement by the President on National HIV Testing Day
Sunday, June 27th, is National HIV Testing Day, an occasion to raise awareness of the steps each of us can take as individuals to fight HIV/AIDS. As we mark this day, I would like to renew my call for all Americans to help reduce the risk of infection by getting tested for HIV and learning their HIV status. One in five Americans who are currently living with HIV--more than 230,000 people--do not know their status. The majority of HIV infections are spread by those who are unaware that they have the dise
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Q&A: Dr. Joseph Richardson, Expert in Health-Risk Reduction Among Youth Offenders
Joseph Richardson, Ph.D., is on the front lines of the war to save young Black men. An expert on at-risk Black males, Dr. Richardson, an assistant professor of African American studies at the University of Maryland, spends most weekdays in the classroom trying to reach young adults through books, and weekends at Washington, D.C.-area jails and juvenile detention halls, facilitating workshops for teens behind bars.
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Black AIDS Institute Intern Spotlight
National HIV Testing Day Event with Black Entertainment Television (BET)
Sunday, June 27th was National HIV Testing Day. To acknowledge the importance of HIV testing and to commemorate the 10th Annual Black Entertainment Television Awards (BET), the cable channel hosted a testing event at the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza in Los Angeles, CA. AIDS Healthcare Foundation was responsible for HIV testing and the Black AIDS Institute was present to disseminate HIV/AIDS awareness information and discuss the impact of HIV and AIDS on the Black community.
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An Opinion Editorial by CEO and Founder Phill Wilson
How to Engage Black Men in the HIV/AIDS Fight
This is the third in a series of editorials about the critical role that Black men play in ending the AIDS epidemic in Black America. Part 1 described three reasons that Black men matter in the fight against HIV/AIDS. Next we explored why Black men--particularly heterosexuals, but in recent years HIV-negative gay men as well--have largely been absent from the effort to end the epidemic. Here we examine what needs to change to engage Black men, whether straight, gay, bisexual or questioning.
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Living Longer With HIV/AIDS Includes Developing Chronic Diseases
David Brown, 45, has been beating the odds for 20 years. Diagnosed with HIV in 1990, when he was 25, he had seen many of his friends and one partner lose the battle against AIDS. "I knew that it was a death sentence for me too," Brown says. But lifesaving antiretroviral medications and good health-care providers gave Brown, and thousands of other people living with HIV/AIDS, a new lease on life and life expectancy.
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Pernessa C. Seele, Founder and CEO of The Balm In Gilead Participates in Global Forum in S. Africa
Richmond, VA- Pernessa Seele, Founder and CEO of The Balm In Gilead, Inc. attended an “invitation only” Global Forum hosted by TimeWarner and its media brands Fortune, TIME, and CNN. Seele, recognized as a global voice for positive change, joined other colleagues at the Global Forum in Cape Town, South Africa- June 26-28, 2010.
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Menace to Society? Prosecutors Using Harsher Laws in HIV Criminalization
There is yet another chapter in the highly charged case of Nushawn Williams, the Black man who infected more than a dozen young women and girls in upstate New York with HIV during the 1990s. After Williams completed his 12-year prison sentence, the state moved to commit him indefinitely.
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LOUISIANA TEST 1 MILLION CELEBRITY TOUR TO KICK -OFF ON NATIONAL HIV TESTING DAY
The Black AIDS Institute and the Louisiana Office of Public Health have partnered to present the Test 1 Million Louisiana Celebrity Tour. This mobile testing tour will kick-off on National HIV Testing Day, Sunday, June 27, 2010 in Shreveport, Louisiana at the Caddo Parish Health Unit. This year’s theme is “On the Road to the Essence Music Festival,” the tour’s final destination in New Orleans.
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Opinion Editorial by CEO and Founder Phill WIlson
Why Black Straight Men Are Missing From the Fight Against HIV/AIDS
This is the second in a series of editorials about the critical role that Black men play in ending the AIDS epidemic in Black America. In a previous editorial, I shared three reasons that Black men matter in the fight against HIV/AIDS, whether they're straight, gay or bisexual. To summarize, Black men matter because Black men--straight, gay, bisexual or confused--are at disproportionate risk for HIV infection. Black men matter because they can play a critical role in protecting their partners. Black
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Black AIDS Institute Intern Spotlight
Because Knowing is Greater Than Doubt
This is the first in a series of blogs by the Black AIDS Institute’s 2010 Summer Interns. As National HIV Testing Day approaches, I thought back to the first time I took an HIV test. It was the summer after my freshman year of college, which actually happened to be on National HIV Testing Day in 2007. It was the easiest test I’ve ever taken. I took the rapid test, so all it required was for me to rub a cotton swab around the inside of my mouth for a few seconds, and that was it.
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Q&A: Dr. Joseph Gathe, HIV-treatment specialist
More than 10,000 HIV-positive people nationwide have learned their serostatus since 2007 because of a routine-testing project to increase testing and HIV knowledge in the Black community, funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The approach, known as opt-out testing, is being used in several cities with high HIV rates--including New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Philadelphia and Houston--and requires HIV testing to be offered as a part of routine medical care unless a patient declines.
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Opinion Editorial by CEO and Founder Phill Wilson
Black Men Matter
A few weeks ago the Obama administration convened the first White House consultation on African American men and AIDS. Scores of Black men gathered from all over the country: the usual suspects (like me), clergy, civil rights leaders, doctors, researchers, national figures, local activists, you name it. Straight, gay and bisexual men came together to collaborate on ending the epidemic.
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Institute Welcomes 2010 Summer Interns
The Black AIDS Institute welcomed four students from across the country to participate in its 2010 Summer Internship Program. The students selected have exemplified strong leadership skills, experience in HIV/AIDS education, treatment, policy and/or advocacy, and are committed to the mission of the Institute. Each intern chose from one of four focus tracks based on their educational background and interests. Focus tracks include: development, policy & research, media and communications, fundraising and de
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Through My Eyes: The Rev. Kevin E. Taylor
Some experts believe that sociocultural factors, including a "wounded spirit," leave many Black gay men vulnerable to HIV. Here, a Black gay minister offers advice to other Black gay men on loving themselves, expressing their gifts and finding comfort in God.
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Institute Continues Staff Expansion with New Appointments
The Institute is pleased to announce the appointment of Maggie Abrego as Development Associate and Mondella Jones as the new Communications Director. Ms. Abrego will work with the development team to plan, oversee and execute the Institute’s annual development strategic plan. Her initial duties will include a crucial role on the planning committee for the Institute’s 10th annual Heroes in the Struggle gala, a collaboration with the Magic Johnson Foundation.
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NAACP Mobilizes to Fight HIV/AIDS
As the nation looks toward National HIV Testing Day on June 27, the NAACP wants Black folks to know that it is on their behalf in this effort. Not only is the country's oldest and largest civil rights group currently engaged in an aggressive testing campaign in 10 major cities--including New York, Los Angeles, Atlanta and Philadelphia--but its partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) allows it to cast its anti-AIDS net even wider.
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Hepatitis: Is Your Doctor in the Dark?
There was good news and bad news after 25-year-old Carlos Xavier's (name changed) recent STD screening at a Chicago public health clinic. "I don't have HIV," the college student says, "but I have hepatitis B--which I never heard of before. Hepatitis is an infectious, blood-borne virus that inflames the liver. Hepatitis A is often transmitted through foods tainted with microscopic amounts of fecal matter, particularly during overseas travel. It is also transferred through contaminated blood and stool. H
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HIV Community Sign On Letter to Boycott Arizona - Sign On by June 10th
June 2, 2010 -- Immigration is one of the tougher issues we will address in America, but what is its connection to HIV/AIDS. Why should we care? In the early days of the epidemic, people with AIDS faced stigma and discrimination. We were shunned and looked upon as second-class citizens. As a result of society’s unwillingness or inability to provide AIDS care and prevention, a whole new network of services were developed to directly address this epidemic. This is our legacy.
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Holistic Treatments for Depression
Roughly 5 percent to 10 percent of the general population becomes depressed, but up to 60 percent of people with HIV experience depression, according to the New Mexico AIDS Education and Training Center at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center. "Depression is a major phenomenon that accompanies HIV," says Roni DeLuz, N.D., Ph.D., a naturopathic physician in Vineyard Haven, Mass.
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Opinion Editorial by CEO and Founder Phill Wilson
Beating the Blues, Hipping Your Doc to Hepatitis and Hazing Arizona
While depression affects 5 to 10 percent of Americans at any point in time, it is extremely common among people with HIV and AIDS--roughly 60 percent of us feel down. Not surprisingly, many of us are looking for options that work and let us avoid taking an additional med. In this issue writer Tamara Holmes presents some alternatives to prescription mood treatment.
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Family Matters: How Families Can Prevent and Adapt to HIV/AIDS
In conjunction with National HIV Testing Month, The Grace United Methodist Church HIV/AIDS Ministry presents FAMILY MATTERS: A Panel Discussion moderated by actress/AIDS activist Sheryl Lee Ralph. Saturday, June 12, 2010 Noon-3pm in Los Angeles.
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Opinion Editorial by CEO and Founder Phill Wilson
To test or not to test, that is the question
Scientific denialists have been around since, well… the beginning of recorded science. One group of denialists refused to believe that the earth was round. Another group believed that the sun revolved around the earth long after scientific evidence had proved it works the other way around. A group of denialists wants us to believe that President Obama is Muslim, while another group, called "birthers," continues to challenge his presidency because they refuse to believe he was born in the United States.
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Female Condoms Prevent HIV, So Why Aren't They Marketed to Gay and Bi Men?
"Miss Thing." "Girl." "My ass." "Have you ever?" They're all typical starters to midweek discussion groups made up of the mostly African American and Latino gay and bisexual men served by New York City's Ali Forney Center, which provides services for homeless LGBT youth, and Steven Gordon, the agency's supportive-services director. The participants are perhaps not new to sex; however, many are inexperienced in articulating their feelings about it.
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Opinion Editorial by CEO and Founder Phill Wilson
Developing Self Esteem and Tracking Down STDs
Few factors impact our ability to protect ourselves from HIV more than our level of self-esteem. When our sense of self-worth is high, we are better able to choose partners who care for us and have our best interest at heart; we get tested so that we know our HIV status; we engage in the difficult conversations that accompany responsible sexual activity; we consistently practice safer sex and make necessary disclosures about our previous behavior, other partners, STDs or HIV, for instance;
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Black AIDS Institute Condemns Prison Sentence for Same-Sex Couple in Malawi
Los Angeles, CA-The Black AIDS Institute strongly condemns the recent conviction of Malawian same-sex couple Tiwonge Chimbalanga and Steven Monjeza. Chimbalanga, 26, and Monjeza, 20, were convicted of "gross indecency" and "unnatural acts" under Malawi’s anti-gay legislation. Magistrate Nyakwawa Usiwa sentenced both men to 14 years in prison as punishment for their alleged "crimes."
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On the Case: How a Houston Health-Department Worker Tracks STDs
Every workday has special urgency for Doris E. Brooks. Somebody in Houston might unknowingly spread HIV or syphilis. And this person's partners may have additional contacts, further circulating deadly infections.
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My Journey to Self-Esteem
Sometimes people ask me how I find the courage to be out as a Black gay man and HIV/AIDS activist. These days it's just who I am. I have great self-esteem, but that hasn't always been true. Developing a sense of my own self-worth hasn't been easy. And becoming infected with HIV is part of the price I've paid for not having it earlier.
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Disclosure Etiquette, Part 3: The Highs and Lows of Telling Your Business
After being diagnosed with HIV, I decided not to keep secrets anymore. As a result of this decision, disclosing my HIV diagnosis to my family was a lot easier than I thought it would be.
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Opinion Editorial by CEO and Founder Phill Wilson
Hate Is Back in Style
Is it just me or has there been a dramatic increase in the level of intolerance in our country in the last year? We witnessed it during the health-care-reform debate as people spat on Black members of Congress and called them derogatory names reminiscent of those used in Bull Connor’s South.
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The Role of Public-Private Partnerships in the National HIV/AIDS Strategy
On May 13 the White House Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP) engaged the business community, private foundations and the HIV/AIDS community to begin a dialogue on how to improve the role of public-private partnerships as the office develops the National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS).
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Opinion Editorial by CEO and Founder Phill Wilson
Hookups, House-Hunting and Heroes
HIV does not happen in a vacuum. Context matters. In this issue writer Linda Villarosa examines the work of Dr. Anthony Paik, whose research on Chicago relationships provides insight into the context in which people make sexual decisions, in the process either raising or lowering their risk of HIV and other STIs.
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The Dark Side of Hookups, "Friends With Benefits" and F— Buddies
Concurrency. Outside of social science circles, this wonky word doesn't have much meaning. But increasingly, scientists are taking a hard look at the connection between concurrent relationships and the spread of HIV (and other sexually transmitted infections) as they seek to understand rising HIV rates among Black Americans.
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Still Standing
Congratulations to Sir Elton John, honored as one this year's Time 100, that magazine's listing of people it believes most affect our world.
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Rumor Control: Is It True That People With HIV/AIDS Can't Get a Mortgage?
Absolutely not, says Margo Kaplan, director of planning and research for The Center for HIV Law and Policy in New York City. "It is illegal under federal law to discriminate against someone based upon their HIV status in granting a mortgage."
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Calling all AAHU Alumni!
The African American HIV University (AAHU) was developed in 1999 as a structural intervention program intended to change cultural norms and perceptions in the Black community around access to and utilization of HIV prevention services.
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Sweet Tea: Black Gay Men of the South
Dynamic performer, author, educator and Ellen Stone Belic Institute Fellow, E. Patrick Johnson, seamlessly portrays interviewees from his recent publication on black gay southern life. The acclaimed book by Johnson is an oral history of Southern black gay men ranging in age from 18 to 93 that explores the relationship between blackness, sexuality, and southern culture.
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PACHA: The National HIV/AIDS Strategy Must Target Black America
As AIDS advocates from across the country convened in Washington, D.C., for the annual advocacy and education event AIDSWatch, the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS(PACHA) met for the second time last week under the Obama administration. With new members and a new chair--Dr. Helene D. Gayle, president and CEO of the poverty-fighting organization CARE--the council renewed the call for a National HIV/AIDS Strategy that specifically addresses those at the center of the U.S. epidemic: Black Americans.
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Opinion Editorial by CEO and Founder Phill Wilson
Action Is Greater Than Apathy
In April we experienced the passing of two lions of the civil rights movement: Dr. Dorothy I. Height, who for four decades headed the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW), and the Rev. Benjamin L. Hooks, head of the NAACP for 16 years. Their deaths represent a tremendous loss--not just for Black America but also for the world.
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New Data Reveal: HIV Hammering Black Gay and Bisexual Men
Four years ago, at age 19, Darion (name changed) tested HIV-positive. The Black gay Florida college student was "petrified." "I thought my life was over," he says. "So I tried to ignore it." Even scarier than his diagnosis: What if his religious parents discovered he was "poz"?
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10 Questions Answered: How Health Reform Affects People Living With HIV/AIDS
Now that President Obama has signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act--aka health-care reform--into law, you may wonder how it will affect people living with HIV/AIDS. When can the uninsured finally obtain the health insurance they need?
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Will Health-Care Reform Bring Help to People Living With AIDS?
Donna Willis, 38, a single mother with three children, has lived with HIV for five years. She eagerly waited for the historic health-reform bill to be signed into legislation. "I have some coverage on my job, but I say a little prayer each month that I don't get kicked off my health insurance because of all of my meds," Willis says.
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Opinion Editorial by CEO and Founder Phill Wilson
In This Issue: Health Reform's Impact on People with HIV/AIDS
Our nation recently experienced an historical watershed as President Barack Obama and his colleagues in Congress passed the Patient Protection and Affordability Care Act, which most of us know as health reform.
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Black Hollywood Heads to Ohio in Fight Against AIDS
For a few days in late April, the Buckeye state will become Black Hollywood East, as movie and TV stars flock to participate in the Test 1 Million Ohio Celebrity Tour.
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Q&A: Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Legislator and Activist
Just elected to her 10th term in Congress, California lawmaker Maxine Waters is one of the most powerful people of color in the history of American politics--and not to mention, one of the most powerful women. A staunch advocate for the poor as well as Black and Brown people, Rep. Waters has helped lead our nation's fight against AIDS for more than a decade. She convened the first congressional meeting on AIDS in Black America.
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South Africa Implements New HIV/AIDS Strategy
South African president Jacob Zuma may seem like an unlikely advocate for HIV prevention. Earlier this year it was revealed that he had fathered a child out of wedlock, even though he has three wives (and a new fiancé, who is not the mother either). And before he was acquitted in 2006 of raping an HIV-positive woman, he said he hadn't used protection during sex, choosing instead to shower in a misguided attempt to ward off HIV.
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Opinion Editorial by CEO and Founder Phill Wilson
The Power of Leadership
In this issue we feature two stories that speak to the power of Black leadership. We are very excited to publish a Q&A with longtime AIDS advocate and activist California congresswoman Maxine Waters. Nearly 25 years ago Rep. Waters was among the first members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) to step up regarding HIV/AIDS.
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Put a Ring on It: Upgrading to FC2 Female Condoms
With Black women experiencing sky-high rates of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases, public health officials and women's groups are employing new tools to empower them to protect themselves. The latest gadget? FC2, the second-generation female condom.
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Opinion Editorial by CEO and Founder Phill Wilson
The Black Side
I just finished watching "The Blind Side", which one reviewer described as, "The remarkable true story of Michael Oher, a homeless African-American youngster from a broken home, taken in by the Tuohys, a well-to-do white family who help him fulfill his potential."
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D.C. Agency Takes on City's HIV/AIDS Crisis
The latest figures released by the D.C. Department of Health show a glimmer of hope in the city's fight against HIV/AIDS. New AIDS cases and AIDS-related deaths dropped for a fourth consecutive year, according to the District's Annual Report 2009 Update: HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis, STD, and TB Epidemiology (PDF). However, rates of HIV continue to climb.
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2010 Black AIDS Institute Summer Internship
The Institute is pleased to announce its 2010 Summer Internship Program. The Institute will select college students who have exemplified strong leadership skills, experience in HIV/AIDS education, treatment, policy and/or advocacy, and are committed to the mission of the Institute. Students will have the opportunity participate in a 12 week internship that will allow them to gain invaluable experience developing and implementing national HIV/AIDS awareness initiatives, and other non-profit and public hea
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Opinion Editorial by CEO and Founder Phill Wilson
TALKING IS GREATER THAN SILENCE
Last month, I had the honor of opening the National Week of Prayer for the Healing of AIDS for a large Cincinnati church. During my conversation with the congregation, I encouraged them to consider two questions regarding the AIDS epidemic in Black communities: What would Jesus do? How would He guide us as people of faith?
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Young, Black and Newly Positive? 5 Things You Need to Know
In February I had the honor of delivering the keynote speech at the "LIFE (Leaders in the Fight to Eradicate) AIDS Black Student Mobilization Summit" at Clark Atlanta University. The conference educated Black college students about HIV/AIDS; created comfortable dialogues about sex and sexuality; and encouraged young people to become activists on campus, in their communities and within their social networks to help us end the AIDS epidemic.
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Q&A: Dr. Gail Wyatt, Sex Therapist, Expert in Black Women's Sexuality
April marks Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and National Sexual Assault Prevention Day occurs on April 20. To recognize these observances, we spoke with leading psychologist and sex therapist Gail Wyatt, Ph.D., associate director of the UCLA AIDS Institute and an expert in Black women's sexuality. She is also the author of Stolen Women: Reclaiming Our Sexuality, Taking Back Our Lives.
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STATEMENT FROM THE BLACK AIDS INSTITUTE
Washington, DC March 22, 2010. At 10:49 pm EST, the United States House of Representatives passed HR 3580, the Patient Protection & Affordability Care Act, by a vote of 219 to 212. Following the vote, Congressman James Clyburn, the majority whip and the most powerful Black member of the U.S. House of Representatives said, “I consider this to be the Civil Rights Act of the 21st Century.
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This is What Change Looks Like
After a historical vote in the House to send health reform to the President, he speaks to all Americans on the change they will finally see as they are given back control over their own health care:
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Q&A: Dr. Loretta Sweet Jemmott, Educator and HIV Expert
John B. Jemmott III, Ph.D., and his wife, Loretta Sweet Jemmott, Ph.D., both professors at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn), wouldn't in a million years call themselves media darlings. But that's what they felt like in February when their new study was released. The Jemmotts' research showed for the first time that an abstinence-only education program helped delay sexual initiation in middle school kids more than other kinds of sex education did.
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Opinion Editorial by CEO and Founder Phill Wilson
In Africa, a step backward on human rights
This week, I cede my column to South African Nobel laureate and Anglican church archbishop Desmond Tutu, whose editorial condemning homophobia ran in the Washington Post last week. I couldn't have said it better. Yours in the struggle, Phill
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Disclosure Etiquette, Part 2: Preparing Yourself to Tell Others
This is the second in a series exploring the etiquette associated with telling other people that you have HIV/AIDS.
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Through My Eyes: Patricia Kelly
In 1985 I was incarcerated at the Women's Correctional Institution in Columbia, South Carolina, for writing bad checks. There I learned that I was infected with the AIDS virus. I had been heavily addicted to drugs and had used anonymous sex to feed my habit.
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Opinion Editorial by CEO and Founder Phill Wilson
In This Issue: Devastating State Budget Cuts
As legislators on the federal, state and local levels attempt to deal with distressing realities associated with balancing their recession-ravaged budgets, all too often they look to make cuts that affect the most vulnerable among us. Whether those decisions involve closing community libraries in Philadelphia; shutting down schools in Kansas City, Mo.; or implementing furlough days at the Employment Development Department in California, they devastate the lives of poor and working-class people.
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Recession Forces States to Slash AIDS Drug Assistance Programs
In February, coalitions of North Carolina HIV/AIDS service providers, gay activists and health-care advocates met in Charlotte and Raleigh. The topic: fighting recent budget cuts in the state's AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP). State officials also recently capped ADAP enrollment, and budget cutbacks still loom. "If that happens," says Jason Pauley (name changed), an HIV-positive Charlotte-area resident who depends on ADAP, "I could lose my benefits and my life."
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Black Celebrities come out to support Greater Than AIDS
This is Greater Than AIDS,” a new monthly column that will run in conjunction with the national Greater Than AIDS movement. Our goal is to inform Black people about activities our community is already engaged in—and to enlist your support in what we still need to accomplish—to overcome HIV/AIDS and bring the epidemic to an end.
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Young People Help Make a Movie About Blacks and HIV/AIDS
Four years ago, Tamira Noble was sitting in her high school biology class when a smiling woman with dreadlocks invited students to participate in a film project dealing with HIV. Tamira, who considered herself a nerd, had dreams that reached beyond her struggling, all-Black Westinghouse High School, located in one of Pittsburgh's poorest neighborhoods.
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Letter from Congresswoman Maxine Waters About Minority AIDS Initiative Funding
We write to request that you provide an appropriation of $610 million for the Minority AIDS Initiative in the Labor, Health and Human Services and Education Appropriations bill for fiscal year 2011. We also request that you state clearly the amounts designated for each agency in this initiative, either in the bill itself or the accompanying report language.
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Opinion Editorial by CEO and Founder Phill Wilson
The Power of Prayerful Advocacy
On Sunday, March 7, people of all faiths came together to kick off the National Week of Prayer for the Healing of AIDS, organized by the Balm in Gilead. All week, people in churches, mosques and temples will unite with purpose, compassion and hope. Through the power of God's love, we will educate one another about HIV prevention, encourage and support HIV testing, advocate for compassionate care and treatment for everyone in every community, and unconditionally love all people living with and affected by
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Opinion Editorial by CEO and Founder Phill Wilson
Greater Empowerment for Black Women
March is Women's History Month, and next Wednesday, March 10, is National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, a campaign that promotes greater awareness for women of how to keep from becoming infected with HIV.
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Q&A: Regina King, Actor and AIDS Activist
Talk about grabbing headlines. When actress Regina King wanted to encourage more people to get tested for HIV, she decided to do something that most Hollywood actresses would run away from as if trying to escape a monster in a horror flick: She underwent a public HIV screening.
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HIV in Black Women: It's Not About Men on the Down Low
In the late 1990s and early 2000s, media hype about men on the so-called down low prompted considerable finger-pointing in the Black community. A series of high-profile newspaper and articles were written in response to a widely circulated report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on young men who sleep with men, and suddenly bisexual Black men were being blamed for disproportionate rates of HIV among Black women--even though there was little data to back the claim. Years later, an
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NAACP Names New Board Chair
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) has announced the selection of Roslyn M. Brock, 44, as chairwoman of the board.
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Danny Glover's Labor of Love
As the rest of the world watched Haiti begin its arduous climb out of the chaos of January's catastrophic earthquake, veteran actor, humanitarian and Black AIDS Institute board member Danny Glover took one look at all the developments and shook his head.
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New Initiative to address HIV/AIDS among Black Americans 40 and older Heads to Houston, TX
Houston TX —The estimated rate of HIV occurrence in Houston is almost two times the national rate of new infections, with Black American’s accounting for over half of new infections.
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HBCU Student Leaders Pledge to Play their Part in the Fight against AIDS
More than 70 student leaders from 22 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) gathered on the campus of Clark Atlanta University for the 2010 LIFEAIDS (Leaders in the Fight to Eradicate AIDS) Black Student Mobilization Summit. The Summit, held in conjunction with the ACT Against AIDS Initiative, provided the students with an interactive learning experience where they could gain knowledge, identify challenges and resources, and make commitments to promote HIV awareness.
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Q&A: Gregorio Millett, Senior Policy Adviser, Office of National AIDS Policy
Longtime HIV researcher and activist Gregorio Millett, M.P.H., formerly with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and now working at the White House's Office of National AIDS Policy, is helping to lead the Obama administration's effort to develop our country's first National HIV/AIDS Strategy.
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Rumor Control: Did a Detroit Woman Give More Than 500 Men HIV?
The story surfaced in mid-January on MediaTakeOut.com, one of the biggest Black gossip sites. In the video clip, a woman calling herself Jackie said she contracted HIV in 1998 and deliberately transmitted the virus to more than 500 men.
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Disclosure Etiquette, Part 1: Do I Have to Kiss and Tell?
This is the first in a series of articles exploring the etiquette associated with telling other people that you have HIV/AIDS.
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Opinion Editorial by CEO and Founder Phill Wilson
What's Love Got to Do With It?
Millions of Americans celebrated Valentine's Day this weekend by sending each other flowers, going out to brunch or dinner, or even getting engaged.
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High Steaks vs. High Cholesterol
People who take certain HIV medications often get high cholesterol as a side effect of the drugs. Recently my doctor told me that I have high cholesterol. But is it a result of my drug regimen? I had been taking Reyataz, Norvir and Truvada, all of which have high cholesterol as a possible adverse effect. It could be my genes or my lifestyle--or even a combination. I may never really know.
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Opinion Editorial by CEO and Founder Phill Wilson
Black Americans Are Greater Than AIDS
This week we spotlight both the start of Black History Month and the upcoming National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, Sunday, February 7.
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President Obama Names HIV/AIDS Advisory Council
With the appointment of 24 new members to the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA), the Obama administration took one more step toward fulfilling its promise for a national strategy on HIV/AIDS, The council, which advises the White House on its HIV/AIDS policy, will provide input for the national HIV/AIDS strategy.
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New Partnership Focuses on Economy of Scale and Maximizing Resources
Black AIDS Institute and The Magic Johnson Foundation Announce New Collaboration to Fight Black HIV
The Institute and the Magic Johnson Foundation (MJF) announced today a new long-term collaboration to fight HIV/AIDS in Black communities.
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After the Earthquake: Haiti's HIV/AIDS Infrastructure Is Devastated
Haiti must now rebuild from the catastrophic 7.0 earthquake it suffered on January 12. Most of its citizens lack access to basic health care services, and the nation will have to reconstruct hospitals and clinics.
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Black AIDS Conference Cancelled
We are disheartened to report that the 2010 National Conference on African Americans and AIDS (NCAAA) has been cancelled due to inadequate funding. NCAAA is the only nationwide conference on Black people and HIV/AIDS. Historically, financial support has been provided by pharmaceutical companies. This year, only one company agreed to fund the event, TheBody.com reports.
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The Institute is Growing by Leaps and Bounds
Welcome New Institute Staff
The Institute is rapidly expanding to keep pace with the urgent need for Black HIV/AIDS training, information dissemination and mobilization. Our newest employees bring with them a diverse wealth of information.
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Opinion Editorial by CEO and Founder Phill Wilson
“We Don’t Quit” Either
President Barack Obama used his first State of the Union address to focus primarily on job creation and the economy. Despite soaring HIV seroconversions from Los Angeles to Washington DC—the District’s HIV rate is on par with Kenya and Uganda,” according to the Washington Post—AIDS only merited a brief mention in the speech. “We are helping developing countries to feed themselves,” the President said, “and continuing the fight against HIV/AIDS.”
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Marvelyn Brown Keynote Speak at LIFE AIDS Summit
Marvelyn Brown, community activist and author of The Naked Truth: Young, Beautiful, and (HIV) Positive will be a keynote speaker at the annual LIFE AIDS Black Student Mobilization Summit. The Summit is a part of the national Greater Than AIDS movement and sponsored by the Black AIDS Institute and the Magic Johnson Foundation in conjunction with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Act Against AIDS campaign, a 5-year national HIV/AIDS communication campaign.
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HIV in Black Women: It's Not About Men on the Down Low
In the late 1990s and early 2000s, media hype about men on the so-called down low prompted considerable finger-pointing in the Black community. A series of high-profile newspaper and magazine articles were written in response to a widely circulated report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on young men who sleep with men, and suddenly bisexual Black men were being blamed for disproportionate rates of HIV among Black women--even though there was little data to back the claim.
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Responding to the Horror in Haiti
We've all been shocked over the past few weeks by the images of death and devastation in Haiti. Although disaster assistance has been slow to actually reach the Haitian people, the initial response from governments and individuals has been tremendous and timely. Within the first eight days, more than $305 million had been raised, according to the “Chronicle of Philanthropy”, a newspaper covering non-profit organizations.
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Be a Leader in the Fight Against Black HIV/AIDS
AAHU Deadline Fast Approaching--Get Your Applications in by February 5
Leadership in the Black HIV/AIDS community is vital to the mobilization of Black people and institutions towards ending the devastating impact of HIV and AIDS. The African American HIV University (AAHU) Community Mobilization College (CMC) is an intensive program that builds organizational capacity and individual leadership skills to change the trajectory of this epidemic in Black communities. This is an historic and necessary mission.
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Black AIDS Institute Announces First Team to Move to the Nationals
Congratulations to the Trump AIDS Atlanta Winners Charles Walters and Ray Harris
The Black AIDS Institute announces local Georgia residents Charles Walters and Ray Harris as the first champions to move on to the Trump AIDS National Tournament in Las Vegas November 2010.
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Black Youth Represent 70% of New HIV/AIDS Cases in U.S.
Clark Atlanta University To Host Annual LIFE AIDS Black Student Mobilization Summit February 5-7
Students from across the country representing historically Black colleges and universities will converge on the Clark Atlanta University campus on February 5 to 7 for the annual LIFE AIDS Black Student Mobilization Summit. The summit is sponsored by the Black AIDS Institute and the Magic Johnson Foundation in conjunction with the Act Against AIDS campaign, a CDC HIV/AIDS public awareness campaign.
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Opinion Editorial by Institute CEO and Founder Phill Wilson
What Would Martin Do?
This Monday marked the commemoration of what would have been Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s 81st birthday, had he not been assassinated in 1968. As we pause to reflect upon his life, it's appropriate--actually, imperative--that we ask ourselves "What would Martin do?" about the major challenges facing America today.
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FDA Approves HPV Vaccine for Boys and Young Men
About two years ago, Nashville physician Valerie Montgomery-Rice, M.D., decided that her daughter, then 14, would be vaccinated against the human papillomavirus (HPV), one of the most common sexually transmitted infections. (Most people living with HPV don't even know they have it.) The STD--which has more than 100 strains that can infect the genitals, mouth and throat--is especially dangerous for women because some strains are linked to cervical cancer.
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Rumor Control: Can Men Get HIV From Women?
Absolutely, says Adaora Adimora, M.D., professor of medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine and professor of epidemiology at the Gillings School of Global Public Health. "Although it's easier for men to give HIV to women," she says, "HIV transmission from women to men is common."
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AIDS Campaign Targets Neglected Segment of Black America
More than a third of new HIV infections in the U.S. occur in people over 40 years old. Yet there have been very few campaigns targeting this population. The Black AIDS Institute, the nation’s only think tank devoted exclusively to combating AIDS among African Americans, is about to change that.
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The New Pap Smear Guidelines: Are They Right for Black Women and Girls?
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) recently released a revised set of recommendations about Pap smears, which screen for cervical cancer. Doctors now suggest that women get their first screening when they turn 21 instead of within three years of becoming sexually active. They also recommend that the tests be done less frequently--every two years instead of every year.
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Opinion Editorial by Phill Wilson
Is What’s Good for “Everybody” Always Good for Us?
In order for the Black community to end the AIDS epidemic, all of us must assume individual responsibility for taking care of our health. Sometimes this means going to the doctor for an annual check-up. Sometimes it means getting an HIV test. But you can’t take care of yourself if you don’t know what steps to take. Many of us need to know more.
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Baltimore Planning Council Recognizes Public Official with a Greater Than AIDS Plaque
A public official was recently honored with a Greater Than AIDS plaque during a swearing-in ceremony at city hall. The Baltimore City Commission on HIV/AIDS attended in support of the planning council's efforts.
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Congress Lifts the Federal-Funding Ban on Needle-Exchange Programs
In December 2009, Congress lifted a 20-year ban against using federal money for syringe-exchange programs, increasing the nation's prospects of reducing HIV infections not only among people who inject drugs but also among their sexual partners.
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Institute CEO and Founder Phill Wilson is Interviewed by POZ Magazine
Can the Lessons of Black History Save African Americans from AIDS
Phill Wilson, CEO and founder of the Black AIDS Institute, calls on members of his community to remember their past—in order to spare future tragedy. As part of the team behind a new, national AIDS awareness and testing campaign, “Greater Than AIDS,” Wilson reminds the world that black Americans are greater than any challenge they have ever faced—including HIV/AIDS.
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Cleared for Takeoff: What Ending the HIV Travel Ban Means for Black Americans
In October 2009 the Obama administration announced its decision to end the ban prohibiting HIV-positive people from traveling and immigrating to the United States. The highly celebrated change took effect January 4. We asked Frank J. Oldham Jr., president and chief executive officer of the National Association of People With AIDS (NAPWA), for his thoughts on how this important policy change might affect Black America's fight against AIDS.
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New Report from Black AIDS Institute
Passing the Test: The Challenges and Opportunities of HIV Testing in Black America
Welcome to Passing the Test: The Challenges and Opportunities of HIV Testing in Black America. We are pleased to partner with the Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria (GBC) and the National Association of People with AIDS (NAPWA) on this edition of the state of AIDS in Black America series by the Black AIDS Institute.
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Making Change Real
What You Can Do to Stop AIDS
So now you know—the State of AIDS in Black America is dire and getting worse. Moreover, over the past eight years Washington has done little to nothing about that fact. So what are you going to do about it? We’ve got some ideas.
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2010 Enrollment Now Open
African American HIV University (AAHU)
Aimed at strengthening Black organizational and individual capacity to address the HIV/AIDS epidemic in their communities, the African American HIV University (AAHU) is the comprehensive training and capacity building fellowship program developed by the Black AIDS Institute.
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Sign Up for Testing Today
Test 1 Million
The Test 1 Million movement is a call-to action for one million Black Americans to get tested for HIV by 2010. The Test 1 Million movement is one of awareness, personal responsibility, and collective action.
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