In This Issue
Welcome to the final issue of the Black AIDS Weekly that we will publish in 2016.
BTAN Melbourne Post-AIDS 2016 Update: Putting HIV/AIDS Solutions Into Action
Ronald Cathcart, M.D., AAHIVS, is a staff physician at Comprehensive Health Care in Melbourne, Florida
One in a series of local-community updates on the 2016 International AIDS Conference, held in Durban, South Africa, this summer.
California Has High Aspirations For Lowering HIV Infections
Hyman Scott, M.D., Associate Physician, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine
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Doctors Seeing More HIV Patients With Multidrug Resistance
Ravi Gupta, B.M., B.Chir., University College London
A significant number of people with HIV have strains of the AIDS-causing virus that are resistant to both older and newer drugs, researchers report.
Read more: Doctors Seeing More HIV Patients With Multidrug Resistance
With Better Data, a Foundation for Stronger HIV Prevention
Eugene McCray, M.D., Director, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
High quality data form the backbone of our nation's HIV response. National surveillance of HIV cases provides the critical information we need to set prevention priorities, allocate limited prevention resources, and measure our collective progress against the disease.
Read more: With Better Data, a Foundation for Stronger HIV Prevention