News 2015
Janssen Therapeutics: Using Medication and Education to Fight HIV
Janssen, Inc. World Headquarters in Titusville, New Jersey
Partnerships are key to ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic. No one knows that better than Janssen Therapeutics, a division of Janssen Products LP, which is dedicated to fighting infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS.
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Knowing Better, Doing Better, Part 3: Shalaurey Jones
Shalaurey Jones
In February the Black AIDS Institute published the results of the first U.S. HIV Workforce Knowledge, Attitudes and Beliefs Survey, the largest study ever conducted of nonmedical personnel working with PLWHA in the United States. The results were alarming: The HIV/AIDS health-care providers at health departments and AIDS service and community-based organizations who were polled answered only 63 percent of questions correctly—essentially earning a grade of D for their knowledge of HIV science and treatment, while earning the equivalent of an F on treatment-related questions.
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What Every Women Needs to Know about Hepatitis B and C
Expectant black woman
As we observe both National Women's Health Week and Hepatitis Awareness Month, it is the opportune time to raise awareness about hepatitis B and hepatitis C among women. Chronic viral hepatitis affects 3.5-5.3 million Americans—including millions of women—and most are unaware of their infection. Left untreated, chronic hepatitis B and hepatitis C can lead to liver disease, liver cancer, and liver failure.
Read more: Hepatitis B Is Vaccine-Preventable and Mother-to-Infant Transmission Can Be Prevented
Implementing the Nation's First State Hepatitis C Testing Law
Getting a shot
As the first state hepatitis C testing law in the nation progresses into its second year of implementation, the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) is taking steps to educate both healthcare providers and consumers about the importance of HCV screening for individuals born between 1945 and 1965 (often referred to as the "Baby Boomers") and New York's related law requiring that healthcare providers offer a one-time HCV screening to patients in this birth cohort as part of routine primary care. Here is an overview of the activities that the NYSDOH has been engaged in to implement and evaluate the new law.
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Join Us at The 2015 Black Treatment Advocates Network Preconference And 2015 National Black PrEP Summit at USCA September 8-9, 2015
Learning in action
The United States Conference on AIDS (USCA)—to be held September 10-13, 2015 in Washington, D.C.—is the largest HIV/AIDS-related gathering in the United States. Thousands of people from all fronts of the epidemic—from case managers and physicians, to public health workers and advocates, to PLWHAs and policymakers—assemble there to build national support networks, exchange the latest information, and learn advanced tools to address the challenges of HIV/AIDS.