News 2013
NMAC Board Member Evelyn Ullah Elected Co-Chair of UCHAPS Steering Committee
Washington, DC – The Urban Coalition of HIV/AIDS Prevention Services (UCHAPS) has announced that Director of HIV Prevention Programs for Florida's Department of Health in Broward County and long-time National Minority AIDS Council (NMAC) Board Member Evelyn Ullah was elected co-chair of the UCHAPS Steering Committee. A representative advisory body responsible for initiating, evaluating and approving proposed and existing programs, the Steering Committee plays a pivotal role in advancing UCHAPS' mission of reducing mortality and morbidity, as well as disparities in health outcomes and the incidence of new HIV infections.
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In This Issue
We continue our series on the Fellows of the African American HIV University's Science and Treatment College. Young, afraid of his sexual orientation and HIV status being discovered, and in danger of falling through the cracks. We interview a newly diagnosed, Black gay male, college student in a Southern state about the challenges he faced getting linked to care and treatment—precisely the type of person that needs the Affordable Care Act if we are to end the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
How Are You #FacingAIDS?
Six years ago we conceptualized Facing AIDS – a photo sharing initiative for people to share photos and messages on why they are facing AIDS. We have heard thousands of reasons over the years about why and how people face AIDS – ranging from the personal ("I'm facing AIDS for 25 years and counting") to ones that are community oriented ("I'm facing AIDS for young black men everywhere") to others that are more universal ("I'm facing AIDS for the next generation").
In Treatment: Rasheed Thomas
One in a series of articles about Black people living with HIV/AIDS who are considering treatment, successfully adhering to their regimen and/or getting to undetectable.While many of his peers were out attending back-to-school mixers, football games and tailgating parties a couple of months ago, Rasheed Thomas* was usually hiding out in his dorm room, literally afraid for his life.
"Drive Out AIDS" and Win a New Car!
Black AIDS Institute's motto is "Our People, Our Problem, Our Solutions!" With regards to HIV/AIDS, this has never been truer than it is today. HIV/AIDS is more of a people-of-color disease than ever before. When 63 percent of people living with HIV in this country are Black or Brown and we represent 65 percent of new infections, clearly HIV is our problem.