August 27, 2013


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Retooling Black AIDS Organizations... 
The first in a three-part series about the need for AIDS service organizations that serve Black communities to adapt to the changing landscape...|more 
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LGBT health insurance
More Than Half of MSM in US HIV Group...
Among 704 sexually active men who have sex with men (MSM) in the US HIV Outpatient Study (HOPS), 54% had unprotected (condom-free) anal intercourse. But only 15% of men reporting unprotected anal sex had a|more 

Online Trainings Strengthens...
Finding the time and resources to take advantage of in-person trainings can be challenging (if not impossible) for staff at many organizations. "I am continually seeking new and innovative ways to provide valuable|more 
 

New Resources Available to Help...

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced $67 million in grant awards to 105 Navigator grant applicants in Federally-facilitated and State Partnership Marketplaces.
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Supreme Court Decision on Same-Sex...

Same-sex couples applauded in June when the Supreme Court ruled that the federal ban on recognizing same-sex marriages was unconstitutional, but they are still anxiously awaiting federal guidance|more 

 



WHAT WE'RE READING

A cross-section of articles we've read this week about HIV/AIDS, STIs and a wide cross-section of structural and systemic factors impacting HIV/AIDS in Black communities.

 

 

MSM

 

As HIV Prevention Money Shrinks, Who Will Save Young Gay Men of Color? 

 

Picture it: a summer night in New York City, still an epicenter of the U.S. HIV epidemic. In the face of the ongoing sequester, and as city HIV prevention funding is being slashed despite rising HIV rates among youth, a group of people gathered at the headquarters of Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC) to hear how leaders of some of the city's biggest agencies serving young gay men of color -- GMHC, the Ali Forney Center, the Hetrick-Martin Institute, and more -- plan to do that work with fewer coins in their coffers.

 

New Intervention Reduces Risky Sex Among Bisexual African-American Men 

 

A culturally tailored HIV prevention program developed and tested by investigators at UCLA and the Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science has been shown to significantly reduce unprotected sex among bisexual black men.

 

 

Treatment

 

Onset of Puberty is Delayed in HIV-Infected Children 

 

HealthDay)-Onset of puberty is significantly delayed in perinatally HIV-infected (PHIV) children compared with those who are HIV-exposed but uninfected (HEU), but combination antiretroviral therapy may result in more normal timing of pubertal onset, according to research published in the July 31 issue of AIDS.

 

Miscellaneous

 

Growing Share of HIV/AIDS Burden Shifts to Changing Group of Regions 

 

Despite years of strong progress, burden of AIDS growing in the Caribbean and Southeast Asia and still significant in Eastern, Central and Southern Africa.

 

HIV/AIDS Study, Program Coming to Local Black Churches 

 

The black church can be a powerful tool in HIV/AIDS education and prevention, according to Magdalena Szaflarski, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Department of Sociology, who plans to replicate in Birmingham an innovative program that found success under her leadership in Ohio.

 

Pill Can Prevent Fatal TB in H.I.V. Patients 

 

An inexpensive daily pill can often fend off a lethal bout of tuberculosis in people with H.I.V., according to a large new study.

 

Restrictions on Health Workers With HIV Lifted as 'Outdated' Ban Ends 

 

HIV positive staff can carry out surgery and dentistry as chief medical officer says attitudes need to change.

 

Judge OKs LA County Condom Requirements for Porn 

 

LOS ANGELES (AP) - A Los Angeles County law requiring adult film performers to wear condoms is constitutional, a federal judge has ruled.

 

Obamacare Premiums: Five Things You Should Know 

 

Premiums will skyrocket next year! Premiums will be lower than expected! Premiums will be about the same!

 

Consumers are understandably confused after weeks of conflicting pronouncements about the expected cost of plans, for individuals and small groups, to be sold in new online insurance marketplaces under the federal health law beginning Oct. 1.

 

WWE Wrestler Darren Young: 'I'm Gay' 

 

You know how it goes: TMZ cameramen loiter in areas highly trafficked by celebrities and waylay them, asking all kinds of arrant questions in the hope of getting a memorable quote.

 

Well, it sure worked yesterday. A TMZ tick stationed at LAX came across WWE wrestler Darren young and asked him if the thought a gay athlete could compete without trouble in pro wrestling.

 

Young Homeless People With Friends at Lower Risk for STDs: Study 

                                                            

A new study found that homeless youth who had friends were at lower risk of getting STDs and less likely to participate in high-risk sexual behavior. Researchers studied 258 homeless youth between ages 15 and 24 in San Francisco and found that those who had same-sex contacts with stable housing in their social networks used condoms more frequently and were less likely to take part in sexual activities with intravenous drug users.

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
IN THIS ISSUE
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Phill Wilson
I've spent the last five months on sabbatical, and now I'm back. I'm very grateful to the California Wellness Foundation for supporting the work of the Black AIDS Institute and allowing me to take the time off. I knew the only way I could take off was to really get away. So I decided to go Southeast Asia-literally as far away as possible.|more 
EVENTS 

  

African American HIV University
Science and Treatment College
Training One: Science Academy
August 5th-30th
University of California Los Angeles
 

Wednesday, August 28 - Monday, September 7th: Atlanta Pride, Atlanta, GA

National Black Treatment Advocates Network
"Reaching Viral Suppression in the Black South"
2013 USCA Preconference
New Orleans, LA
September 7, 2013
12:30 p.m. - 4 p.m.

September 8 - 11US Conference on AIDS (USCA), New Orleans, LA

Sunday, September 8US Conference on AIDS, New Orleans, LA, 2:30 - 5:30 p.m.
Session 1: BAI Partner Workshop - Evaluating Knowledge and Attitudes of the HIV/AIDS Workforce: Survey Results from the 2012 United States Conference on AIDS and 12 Major Cities Across the US

Monday, September 9, 2013

"Intrusion or Responsibility: Should Your Local Health Department Use Surveillance Data for HIV Care Linkage and Retention?"

8:30 - 11:30 a.m.


Tuesday, September 10US Conference on AIDS, New Orleans, LA, 8:30-11:30 a.m.
Tuesday Seminar Slot: BAI Partner Seminar - Retooling Bootcamp: Getting Ready for an Affordable Care Act and Biomedical Intervention World

Wednesday, September 11, 2013

The Treatment Cascade: Reaching Women of Color & the Role of Women's Health Centers. 8:30 - 11:30 a.m.

 

Friday, September 27, 2013 - Sunday, September 29, 2013Unity of Greater New Orleans NOLA UNITY: A Multicultural LGBT Celebration  presented by the Movement at No AIDS
Task Force, New Orleans, LA. For more information click here.  
 


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BLACK AIDS
WEEKLY

PHILL WILSON 

Publisher

 

HILARY BEARD 

Editor-in-Chief

 

TERESA RIDLEY 

Copy Editor

 

LASHIEKA P. HUNTER 

Media and Public Relations Consultant


Founded in May of 1999, the Black AIDS Institute is the only national HIV/AIDS think tank focused exclusively on Black people. The Institute's Mission is to stop the AIDS pandemic in Black communities by engaging and mobilizing Black institutions and individuals in efforts to confront HIV. The Institute interprets public and private sector HIV policies, conducts trainings, offers technical assistance, disseminates information and provides advocacy mobilization from a uniquely and unapologetically Black point of view.

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