News 2012
Countdown to the International AIDS Conference, Part 1
The first in a 3-part series on why the International AIDS Conference matters to Black people. Part 1 will discuss what the International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012) is. Part 2 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 will help us do that.
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Road to AIDS 2012: A Series of Town Hall Meetings--Atlanta
The 13th 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 12th installment reported on the Philadelphia meeting.
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Turning the Tide Together: Looking To the XIX International AIDS Conference in Washington, D.C.
Next month, the International AIDS Conference returns to Washington, D.C., where it was last held in 1987. One of us (ASF) had the privilege of speaking at the 1987 conference, and will do so again this year. At the Washington conference 25 years ago, the mood was somber. The HIV/AIDS pandemic was expanding rapidly. Although some progress had been made with “safer sex” and other prevention efforts and in treating AIDS-associated opportunistic infections, just one drug against HIV was available.
Intimate Partner Violence, Threats Tied to Worse HIV Outcomes in US
Intimate partner violence and being threatened by a partner raised the risk of a low CD4 count, a detectable viral load, and missing HIV clinic appointments in a 251-person study in Virginia, the US state just south of Washington, DC. Prevalence of intimate partner violence did not differ by gender or sexual orientation.
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Avatars – Reaching Gay Men
In the past we have highlighted the work of our colleagues who are using virtual tools to reach their target audience. This month, LGBTQ pride month, the San Francisco AIDS Foundation (SFAF) launched a new campaign that incorporates the use of avatars and texting to promote HIV testing. We asked them to share more about the campaign, and will follow up with them in six months to share their lessons learned.