News 2015
Black AIDS Institute to Host Black Treatment Advocates Network and Black PrEP Meetings at USCA
Raniyah Copeland, Director of Programs, Black AIDS Institute
It's no secret that African Americans face a more severe burden of HIV/AIDS than other groups. In an effort to change that, the Black AIDS Institute is using this year's United States Conference on AIDS (USCA) as a backdrop for events designed to brainstorm solutions for the unique concerns of Black PLWHA and to determine better ways to prevent and treat the disease in the Black community.
New White House Guidance – Transparency, Ownership, Accountability: Monitoring the Updated National HIV/AIDS Strategy
Amy Lansky, Ph.D., Senior Policy Advisor, White House Office of National AIDS Policy and Dr. Andrew D. Forsyth, Senior Science Advisor, Office of HIV/AIDS and Infectious Disease Policy, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Summary:
The Administration releases the Indicator Supplement — a companion document to the recently updated National HIV/AIDS Strategy.
Last month, the Administration, led by the Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP), released the National HIV/AIDS Strategy: Updated to 2020 at an event at Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, GA. The Update aims to reinvigorate national efforts to stem the HIV epidemic in the United States, and sets goals and priorities through the rest of the decade.
Can Health Care Be Cured Of Racial Bias?
Jane Lazarre, author of "Beyond the Whiteness of Whiteness: Memoir of a White Mother of Black Sons."
Jane Lazarre was pacing the hospital waiting room. Her son Khary, 18, had just had knee surgery, but the nurses weren't letting her in to see him.
A New Digital Tool for Treating STDs and Preventing HIV
The STD Treatment (Tx) Guidelines mobile app serves as a quick reference guide for doctors and related parties on the identification of and treatment for sexually transmitted diseases
Sexually transmitted diseases (STD) continue to threaten the health and well-being of millions of Americans. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released its updated STD Treatment Guidelines, which have played a critical role for 30 years in advising healthcare providers on the best ways to diagnose and treat these infections. The Guidelines are among the most widely used and referenced sources on STD treatment and management in the United States.
Read more: A New Digital Tool for Treating STDs and Preventing HIV
Ferguson Activists and Attorneys Talk Chemical Warfare, Mass Arrests, Latest Police Shooting
Demonstrators, marking the one-year anniversary of the shooting of Michael Brown, protest along West Florrisant Street on August 11, 2015 in Ferguson, Missouri
August 19, was the one-year anniversary of the still-unprosecuted police killing of Kajieme Powell, but that wasn't the only source of turmoil in the Ferguson area. Within the same 24 hours, St. Louis County issued the first of up to what may be 1,000 summons to activists and journalists arrested in last year's Michael Brown protests; police in St. Louis fatally shot Mansur Bell-Bey, a black 18-year-old; and authorities deployed tear gas at a resulting protest. In response, a group of activists and attorneys have assembled to address the state of things on the ground in the city that became famous when a then-police officer shot and killed Michael Brown on August 9, 2014.