News 2012
Community Health Centers Under Pressure to Improve Care
STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. - - At Oakhurst Medical Center, just 20 percent of kids have received all their recommended immunizations by age 2.
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In This Issue
This year A. Toni Young, founder and executive director of the Community Education Group in Washington, D.C., has undertaken the monumental task of moderating the Road to AIDS 2012 town hall meetings that the Black AIDS Weekly has been reporting on. We tracked her down in between these sessions to ask her about her hopes for this summer's International AIDS Conference.
Patrik-Ian Polk: Writer, Director, Producer, Vocalist
Patrik-Ian Polk is a longtime partner and collaborator with the Black AIDS Institute and a member of the Black Hollywood Task Force on AIDS, a group of approximately 75 celebrities who have committed to using their VIP status to fight HIV/AIDS.
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Blacks in AIDS 2012 Leadership: A. Toni Young
New WHO ART Advice for Pregnant Women—Three ARVs at Any CD4
A third World Health Organization (WHO) option to treat HIV-positive pregnant women—and to prevent mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of HIV—calls for starting triple antiretroviral (ARV) therapy (ART) for all women as soon as they test positive, regardless of CD4 count, and continuing triple therapy for life.
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