Less Talk, More Action: Southern Leaders Meet with CDC to Address HIV Disparities in the South
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Why did it take us so long to focus our attention on the disparities experienced in the South? Was it that AIDS was first identified in big cities on the east and west coasts—Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New York?
Live from the 2017 U.S. Conference on AIDS – Conversations on HIV-related Stigma and Curing HCV Coinfection [video]
Tim Harrison, Ph.D., Senior Policy Advisor, Office of HIV/AIDS and Infectious Disease Policy, Department of Health and Human Services speaks with Gloria Searson, President, Positive Health Empowerment.
The 2017 U.S. Conference on AIDS (USCA) opened today in Washington, DC, gathering over 3,000 community leaders and HIV advocates to learn the latest information and build skills to provide effective HIV prevention and treatment services across the nation.
Louisiana Proposes Tapping A Federal Law To Slash Hepatitis C Drug Prices
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The public outrage over high-priced hepatitis C drugs is taking a new twist as Louisiana's top health official proposes using an obscure federal law to get the medicines at a much lower cost. If successful, other states could reap the benefits.
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Marie-Fatima Hyacinthe: Marrying Social Justice for Black People With Public Health
Fatima Hyacinthe, Mobilization Coordinator, Black AIDS Institute
Marie-Fatima Hyacinthe had her pick of Ivy League universities to attend. The 24-year-old Harvard grad recently moved from New York City to Los Angeles and is now a mobilization coordinator at the Black AIDS Institute.
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Meet the Black AIDS Institute's Justin Woods: I Felt Responsible to Decrease the HIV Burden on People Like Me
Justin Woods, Program Coordinator, Black AIDS Institute
After volunteering in Rwanda, the 26-year-old recently started his professional career with the Black AIDS Institute, working with the Black Treatment Advocate Network (BTAN) in Chicago, Detroit and Louisiana.