The Black AIDS Institute Brings AIDS 2012 Hubs to Atlanta

On Sept. 13 and 14, HIV/AIDS service providers and members of Atlanta's African American community attended two one-day HIV Post-Conference Updates at the headquarters of SisterLove, the HIV/AIDS advocacy organization for women.

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Ending AIDS in Black America: Step Five: Retooling AIDS Organizations

This is the final in our five-part series about ending the AIDS epidemic in Black America.

Black AIDS organizations need to re-tool themselves for a rapidly evolving AIDS landscape.

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Reaching the Endgame for AIDS in Black Communities

Just hours before the premiere of the Frontline exposé Endgame: AIDS in Black America, about the AIDS crisis in the African American community, the NAACP announced its campaign to encourage Black churches to share information about the issue from its pulpits and help those infected with the disease.

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Webinar: Innovations in HIV Prevention for Gay and Bisexual Men

Since the first cases of AIDS were reported in five gay men in 1981, public health professionals around the world have been working to prevent the spread of HIV, especially among men who have sex with men (MSM). The epidemic still takes a great toll on this population, who make up about 2% of the overall U.S. population and 61% of all new HIV infections in 2009. Moreover, MSM with a history of injection drug use accounted for an additional 3% of new infections in 2009.

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