In This Issue
This week we continue our series of stories about the Heroes in the Struggle Hall of Fame inductees, with a story about SisterLove, Inc., founder/CEO Dázon Dixon Diallo. On World AIDS Day the Black AIDS Institute will recognize Dázon and several other honorees at the Heroes in the Struggle Gala and Award Celebration, a star-studded event and photographic tribute, taking place at the Director's Guild in Los Angeles. Go here for tickets or email
Next, we run a story from our series about this year's African American HIV University (AAHU) Fellows, spotlighting metro-Atlanta based Marxavian Jones, a senior research interviewer at Emory University's Rollins School of Public Health.
Recently on Facebook Live, Dr. Carl Dieffenbach shared some new developments from the ASPIRE study of the vaginal ring announced at the HIV Research for Prevention Conference (R4P); Dr. Gina Brown, Director of Microbicides Research and Research on Women and Girls at NIH's Office of AIDS Research, shared some of the advances in research for women from AIDS 2016 in Durban. Our friends at AIDS.gov report.
New research suggests that PLWHA who are on ARVs have HIV in their tissues, even when the viral load in their blood is undetectable—a discovery that may contribute to the development of unrelated health problems.
Finally, our friends at Kaiser Health News share a story to help ease the formidable challenges of enrolling in Medicare.
Finally, if you haven't been to the polls today, make it your business to get out and vote!
Yours in the struggle,
Phill