News 2012
ENDGAME: AIDS in Black America to Premiere on PBS
ENDGAME: AIDS in Black America, is a groundbreaking two-hour exploration of one of the country's most urgent, preventable health crises. The film traces the history of the epidemic through the experiences of extraordinary individuals who battle to contain the spread of the virus and finally turn the tide of the epidemic.
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AIDS 2012 Satellite Session: Achieving the Goals of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy
Attending the International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012) in Washington, DC?
Join the important conversation about the U.S. National HIV/AIDS Strategy – its key accomplishments, challenges, and future directions – that will take place on Sunday afternoon, July 22, 2012 from 1:30-3:30 PM in Session Room 9 at the Convention Center.
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Countdown to the International AIDS Conference, Part 2
The second in a three-part series on why the International AIDS Conference should matter to Black people. Part 1 described what the International AIDS Conference is. Part 3 will focus on some of the challenges facing Black communities. On the eve of the conference, we'll look at what Black people need to do to end the AIDS epidemic in Black America and how the International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012) will help us do that.
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Vanessa Mills: It Takes a Village
Connecting people living with HIV to appropriate medical care and treatment has become a key strategy in ending the AIDS epidemic--one even more critical in Black communities, which have tremendous health-related disparities. But simply "linking" a newly diagnosed HIV-positive client to services isn't enough. "We have to go a step further and retain them in care," says Vanessa Mills, the executive director of Empower "U," one of the first Black HIV/AIDS community-based organizations in Miami-Dade County. "Sometimes you have to drop what you're doing to make sure it happens," Here, Mills shares how she recently walked the talk.
Road to AIDS 2012: A Series of Town Hall Meetings--Dallas
The 14th in a series of articles about the Road to AIDS 2012, a 17-city tour that seeks to define the state of the U.S. epidemic and that leads up to the International AIDS Conference in Washington, D.C., in July 2012. The 13th installment reported on the Atlanta meeting.
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