In This Issue

In this issue, we are excited to help spread the really fantastic news that Fulton County Georgia is opening Atlanta's first PrEP clinic. Georgia ranks second nationally and Atlanta fifth in the rate of new HIV diagnoses, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Last week, our friends at AIDS.gov marked National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day by asking some of the Black MSM in their Positive Spin campaign to share how both the program and social media have helped them address stigma. We think you'll be interested in their responses.

Last fall, Greater Than AIDS launched the Empowered: Women, HIV & Intimate Partner Violence Campaign to give voice to that experience and educate those at risk (and their loved ones) about staying healthy and safe. We didn't report it here because we had a lot of Institute activity on that we were reporting on, so we're sharing it here, now.

On Thursday, the HHS Center for Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships and the Office of HIV/AIDS and Infectious Disease Policy (OHAIDP) will be offering a webinar on the important role faith communities play in the national response to viral hepatitis. The webinar, which will occur on this Thursday, will introduce a new resource for faith-based groups, the Health Ministers Guide to Viral Hepatitis: The Silent Epidemic. Read on to learn more about it.

Finally, many of the presidential candidates and their campaigns are distorting Obamacare's strengths and weaknesses. Our friends at Kaiser Health News have provided a brief guide to help voters understand some things the health law has — and has not — accomplished.

Yours in the struggle,

Phill