Are You HIV Positive?

If you can’t confidently answer no, your health is in risk.  We’ve discussed the ravages of HIV/AIDS in the African American community, especially in Black women.  But for some reason a lot of us keep our heads in the sand.  Yes, it’s incredibly scary.  But knowledge kills fear.  June 27th is National HIV Testing Day.  You [...]

HIV in the District is Out of Control

According to the Sunday’s Washington Post, you’re more likely to get HIV than win the lottery if you live in Washington, DC. In an article on the front page, and above the fold, the Washington Post reports on the severe epidemic of HIV/AIDS in the nation’s capitol, yes the same place where President Obama lives:

At least 3 percent of District residents have HIV or AIDS, a total that far surpasses the 1 percent threshold that constitutes a “generalized and severe” epidemic, according to a report scheduled to be released.

Courtland Milloy: AIDS is D.C.’s Silent Stalker of Women

The Washington Post: Can we talk frankly about HIV/AIDS and black women?  No? I didn’t think so.  After all, who cares to tell sassy little Keisha that if she doesn’t stop mistaking sex for love, her next mistake could be her last. Of course, that wouldn’t be “age appropriate,” now, would it?  What about the [...]

Rep. Barbara Lee: AIDS Pandemic Must Also Be Fought At Home

The recent passage of bipartisan legislation reauthorizing and expanding our nation’s global AIDS programs was a landmark achievement that will save millions of people from certain death and prevent millions of new HIV infections in the developing world. Sadly, our commitment to fighting AIDS globally has not extended to the fight against AIDS here at [...]

CBCF Announces New AIDS Crisis Fellowship Program

The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (CBCF) is launching a new fellowship program focusing on the disproportionate impact of HIV and AIDS on the African-American community. This program, which is part of CBCF’s Center for Policy Analysis and Research, will give one fellow per year the opportunity to inform policymaking in such relevant areas as HIV [...]

World AIDS Day

Aids.gov: HIV/AIDS is a growing problem among American Indians and Alaska Natives.  Even though the numbers of HIV and AIDS diagnoses for American Indians and Alaska Natives represent less than 1% of the total number of HIV/AIDS cases reported to CDC’s HIV/AIDS Reporting System, when population size is taken into account, American Indians and Alaska [...]

The Black AIDS Institute, HIV/AIDS and Obama

This has been quite a couple of weeks. The outcome of this year’s presidential election adds weight to the feeling that these are among the most exciting times to have ever lived. And I hope we can all take a deep breath and soak it in. A Black President. The “impossibility” of this has for [...]

Black Women’s Burden: An Epidemic of HIV

U.S. News and World Report.  Janice was 27 years old and eight weeks pregnant with her son when she was diagnosed with HIV in 1991. The Queens, N.Y., resident believes that the father of her older child—a daughter, now 24—gave her the infection. She’s far from alone in acquiring the virus from a man she [...]

World AIDS Day

Title: World AIDS Day Link out: Click here Description: The 1st of December, World AIDS Day, is the day when individuals and organizations from around the world come together to bring attention to the global AIDS epidemic. 2008 marks the 20th anniversary of World AIDS Day. While we have come a long ways since 1988, [...]

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