Get Prepared for PrEP: Treatment as Prevention Moves Ahead
(BlackDoctor.org) -- What if you could use a product--and not a condom--to prevent getting infected with HIV? That may feel like a fantasy, but it's actually edging closer to reality.
At the XVIII International AIDS Conference in Vienna, Austria, the exciting South African CAPRISA study showed that using a microbicide gel containing an anti-retroviral (ARV) drug before and after sex can prevent HIV in women at least 39 percent of the time. Many believe this good news is a major step in the notion of
Press Conference: Black AIDS Institute Partners With NABJ
(BlackDoctor.org) -- The Black AIDS Institute and the National Association of Black Journalists have formed a year-long partnership to raise awareness of HIV/AIDS in the Black community, with free HIV testing to take place at Healthy NABJ Pavilion during 2010 NABJ National Conference.
WHAT: Press conference to announce a year-long partnership between the National Association of Black
AIDS 2010: Women And Girls Obtain Their Place At The Table
(BlackDoctor.org) -- At a talk following a standing-ovation screening of The Other City, a documentary about HIV in Washington, D.C., executive producer Sheila Johnson made a bold statement: Standing just feet away from the Black AIDS Institute's Phill Wilson, who often identifies AIDS in America as a Black disease, she turned the tables and declared, "Women are the victims and face of this disease."
Johnson had every reason to say such a thing. Simply look
(BlackDoctor.org) -- The HIV/AIDS epidemic in African American communities is a continuing public health crisis for the United States. Although African Americans make up 12% of the United States population, they account for approximately 42% of new HIV infections and 48% of reported AIDS cases. It is important that we continue to increase awareness of this problem throughout minority communities. This includes educating the youth about the risks of HIV/AIDS and what they can do to help
HIV/AIDS
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In 2003, African Americans accounted for 16,165 (50%) of the 32,048 estimated new HIV/AIDS diagnoses in the United States. The leading cause of HIV infection among African American men was sexual contact with other men; the next leading causes were heterosexual contact and injection drug use. The leading cause of HIV infection among African American women was heterosexual contact; the next leading cause was injection drug use.
(BlackDoctor.org) -- What if you could use a product--and not a condom--to prevent getting infected with HIV? That may feel like a fantasy, but it's actually edging closer to reality.
(BlackDoctor.org) -- The Black AIDS Institute and the National Association of Black Journalists have formed a year-long partnership to raise awareness of HIV/AIDS in the Black community, with free HIV testing to take place at Healthy NABJ Pavilion during 2010 NABJ National Conference.
(BlackDoctor.org) -- At a talk following a standing-ovation screening of The Other City, a documentary about HIV in Washington, D.C., executive producer Sheila Johnson made a bold statement: Standing just feet away from the Black AIDS Institute's Phill Wilson, who often identifies AIDS in America as a Black disease, she turned the tables and declared, "Women are the victims and face of this disease." 
(BlackDoctor.org) -- The HIV/AIDS epidemic in African American communities is a continuing public health crisis for the United States. Although African Americans make up 12% of the United States population, they account for approximately 42% of new HIV infections and 48% of reported AIDS cases. It is important that we continue to increase awareness of this problem throughout minority communities. This includes educating the youth about the risks of HIV/AIDS and what they can do to help
