News 2015
The Criminalization of Black Girls—and How We Can End It
The #AssaultAtSpringValley is just one of the many times police officers in schools have used excessive force on Black girls
From the 17-year-old who was knocked unconscious by a school resource officer in Tampa, to the Baltimore middle-school student who needed 10 stitches after a cop hit her with a baton, to the recent #AssaultAtSpringValley, black girls are under siege in their schools. As cell phone videos increasingly make their way to the Internet and go viral, viewers are being subjected to spirit-crushing clips of police officers inflicting violence on their black bodies, treating young girls as if they are somehow superhuman and sub-human at the same time.
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In This Issue
Earlier this year two BTAN members vacationed together in Aruba. While there, they saw an opportunity to learn more about the epidemic and connect with people to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS. Tomika Anderson reports.
The Black Treatment Advocates Network: Advocating for People Everywhere
Women's Club of Aruba commemorates its AIDS awareness campaign efforts with strategically placed sculpture created and donated by Jan van Duren of Pro Paint van Duren
Aruba may be known for its surf, sand and stunning resorts, but HIV activists, cousins and Black Treatment Advocates Network (BTAN) members John T. Curry and Yolanda Price think the Caribbean nation may deserve to be known for something else: its visible fight against HIV/AIDS.
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2016 Open Enrollment: Tips for getting health insurance and staying covered
Jamila Allen, a patient navigator for Enroll Virginia ACA in Hampton, Virginia
The third Open Enrollment period for Marketplace health coverage began on November 1, 2015 and runs through January 31, 2016. What do consumers need to do to stay covered and get covered? The HRSA-supported Affordable Care Enrollment Technical Assistance Center (ACE TA Center) shares key Open Enrollment messages and resources below.
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Promising Approaches to Improving Outcomes along the HCV Continuum of Care
Chinazo Cunningham, M.D., M.S., Professor at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, a presenter at "Strategies to Improve the HCV Continuum of Care: Best Practices in Testing, Linkage to Care, & Treatment," a special plenary session at the 2015 National Summit on HCV and HIV Diagnosis, Prevention, and Access to Care, convened by the Forum for Collaborative HIV Research
There is a great deal of work being done across the country to improve care for those infected with hepatitis C. This work has been reinvigorated in recent years by new tools that hold great promise, including new HCV treatments that have the potential to cure over 90% of all individuals with HCV infection as well expanded access to healthcare coverage brought about by implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
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