News 2015
Black AIDS Institute Holds National BTAN Meeting at 2015 U.S. Conference on AIDS
Darriane Martin, BTAN National Director, Black AIDS Institute
On Tuesday, approximately 60 people took part in "Black Lives Matter: Local Impact/National Reach," the second national conference of Black Treatment Advocates Network (BTAN) leaders and other activists, held in the Barbara Jordan Conference Room at the Kaiser Family Foundation. The gathering took place before the start of the 2015 U.S. Conference on AIDS (USCA) in Washington, D.C.
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Don't Miss AIDS.gov and the U.S. Conference on AIDS!
USCA Social Media Scholars Guy Anthony and Ken Williams
The 2015 United States Conference on AIDS is taking place from September 10-13 in Washington, D.C. Here is a snapshot of AIDS.gov and federal activities to help you get the most out of the conference.
Not attending USCA? AIDS.gov will update you as the conference unfolds.
Read more: Don't Miss AIDS.gov and the U.S. Conference on AIDS!
HHS Unveils Civil Rights Protections For Transgender Patients' Health Services
Jocelyn Samuels, Director, Office for Civil Rights, Department of Health and Human Services
The Obama administration issued a sweeping proposal to bolster civil rights protections in health care, barring medical providers and insurers from discriminating based on gender, whether in treatments or access to facilities or services.
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A Racial Gap In Attitudes Toward Hospice Care
Pastor Vernal Harris and his wife Narseary Harris before regular church services at Prince of Peace Temple in Buffalo, N.Y. After experiencing hospice care during the death of their son Solomon, Harris and his wife have become advocates of Hospice care for the terminally ill in the communities they serve.
BUFFALO — Twice already Narseary and Vernal Harris have watched a son die. The first time — Paul, at age 26 — was agonizing and frenzied, his body tethered to a machine meant to keep him alive as his incurable sickle cell disease progressed. When the same illness ravaged Solomon, at age 33, the Harrises reluctantly turned to hospice in the hope that his last days might somehow be less harrowing than his brother's.
In This Issue
The Black AIDS Institute sponsored the first national Black PrEP summit yesterday. The theme was "Black Lives Matter: What's PrEP got to do with it?"
You might ask what PrEP has to do with the epidemic of police violence and the over-zealous policing and hyper-militarization of the police in Black communities?