More HIV Research Highlights from CROI 2018 (Videos)
3-7-2018Our coverage from the 2018 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) in Boston continued yesterday with three interviews with Federal HIV l…
African Americans
HIV Prevention Pill not Reaching Most Americans Who Could Benefit – Especially People of Color
3-6-2018A new CDC analysis suggests that only a small percentage of Americans who could benefit from pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), a daily pill for HIV prevention, h…
A Personal Perspective: PrEP and NBHAAD
2-7-2018Every day, I wake up and take a little blue pill that empowers me. It’s been nearly 3 years since I made the decision to start pre-exposure prophylaxis, b…
Ryan White and National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
2-2-2018Individuals who get their HIV/AIDS care from the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) have low incomes, little to no health coverage, but relatively high rates o…
The Tools You Need to Make Your Organization Health Literate
10-3-2017October is Health Literacy Month, so now is a great time to start on the path to become a health literate organization - and the In It Together Resource Guide a…
SMAIF in Action: Health Models Program Removes Barriers to Successful HIV Treatment
8-28-2017 Teresa* is a young African American woman living in the New Orleans area. She was only in her 20s when she found out that she is HIV-positive. Her journey…
SMAIF in Action: The Louisiana Links Program Gets Young Mother Back Into HIV Medical Care So She Can Be There for Her Daughter
8-9-2017Nola* is a young African American mother in rural Louisiana who had stopped getting HIV care for years and was in danger of developing life-threatening illnesse…
30 Days Of HIV: Black, Digital, Community Campaign for National HIV Testing Day
6-2-2017Each year, National HIV Testing Day is an opportunity to reflect on my journey as a Black, gay man, living healthy with HIV. Simply because, getting that H…
Less Talk, More Action: Southern Leaders Meet with CDC to Address HIV Disparities in the South
5-23-2017Why 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 a…
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