February 4, 2014


Cops in the bedroom
Sex, Lies, and HIV: When What You... 
Being HIV-positive can still carry a powerful stigma. Since July 2010, the U.S. Department of Justice has opened at least 49 investigations into alleged|more 
            
For black MSM
Young and at risk 
1 in 5
Burdensome
New Media and Organizations Serving...
Last week, researchers, AIDS services organizations and others attended the National African American MSM Leadership|more 

NIH Research Network Finds Many Youth...
More than 30 percent of young males who had sex with other males and who were subsequently enrolled in a government|more 
 

Only 1 in 5 US HIV Doctors Surveyed...

Only 1 in 5 US HIV physicians surveyed in 2011 used antiretrovirals for preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP), even though large|more

Pennsylvania Voter ID Ruled 'Unnecessarily'...
Pennsylvania Judge Bernard McGinley ruled today that the voter ID law passed in 2012 was a violation of the state's|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.

 

Prevention

 

New Program Helps Reduce HIV-Risk in African-American Women 

 

A new community program is helping African-American women embrace good health by enabling treatment of substance abuse and mental health problems that increase their risk of HIV infection or spreading the virus.

 

Science

 

Race, Ethnicity Affects HIV Meds Dialogue 

 

Researchers found specific racial/ethnic differences in discussions of HIV medicine adherence in a newly published analysis of recorded office visits between 45 doctors and nurse practitioners and more than 400 patients.

 

Researchers Open Door to New HIV Therapy 

 

People infected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) can stave off the symptoms of AIDS thanks to drug cocktails that mainly target three enzymes produced by the virus, but resistant strains pop up periodically that threaten to thwart these drug combos.

 

Using Silver Nanoparticles, Researchers Create Cream That Avoids Transmission of HIV 

 

After discovering that silver nanoparticles are capable of blocking the entry of HIV into organisms, a group of researchers created a vaginal cream to control the transmission of the virus. The product has proven efficiency in lab tests, although clinical trials are yet to be performed.

 

Miscellaneous

 

A New Development in Prison Reform 

 

There's not much that Tea Party Republicans and liberal Democrats agree on these days. Surprisingly, one of them happens to be scaling back mass incarceration, the subject of a live-streamed meeting today of the senate judiciary committee....

 

AIDS in the Future: Experts Say Deaths Will Climb Sharply 

 

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13-The AIDS epidemic is not expected to spread rapidly into the general population, Government and academic experts now believe, but the disease will probably kill far more Americans than is generally recognized.

 

Interactive: A State-by-State Look at How the Uninsured Fare Under the ACA 

 

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) includes coverage options for people across the income spectrum, but there are big differences in eligibility for coverage depending on whether a state expands Medicaid or not.

 

Intimate Partner Violence Linked to Risk of HIV 

 

Researchers from The Miriam Hospital and the University of Rochester have found a definitive link between violence among intimate partners and an increased risk of HIV infection. The study is online in the journal Women & Health.

 

Patients' Costs Skyrocket; Specialists' Incomes Soar 

 

CONWAY, Ark. - Kim Little had not thought much about the tiny white spot on the side of her cheek until a physician's assistant at her dermatologist's office warned that it might be cancerous. He took a biopsy, returning 15 minutes later to confirm the diagnosis and schedule her for an outpatient procedure at the Arkansas Skin Cancer Center in Little Rock, 30 miles away.

 

Woman Sues City of Dearborn for HIV Discrimination by Police 

 

An HIV-positive Detroit woman who made headlines in 2012 after being ticketed for not disclosing her HIV status to a police officer during a traffic stop has filed a federal civil rights suit naming the officer and his employer, the city of Dearborn, Michigan.

 

 

 

 

IN THIS ISSUE
Phill Wilson

This Friday, February 7th, is National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. It's an opportunity for the nation to take a look at the AIDS epidemic in Black America from a uniquely and unapologetically Black point of view. What's not to love about that?|more
 
EVENTS

 

Enter the "Drive Out AIDS" raffle by Car Pros Kia of Carson and win a new 2014 Kia Forte. www.AIDSraffle.org
 
Feb 7, 2014

National Black Awareness Day

Location: Bayou Grille

1400 N. La Brea

Inglewood, CA 90302  

5pm - 8pm

HIV testing, music, and light refreshments

RSVP: Click here to RSVP

 

Feb 7, 14, 21, 2014

BTAN Bay Area Training

Location: Allen Temple Baptist Church

8501 International Blvd.

Oakland, CA 94621

8:30am - 5pm

RSVP: Milton Hadden

4cunity@gmail.com

 

Feb 10-12, 2014

BTAN Chicago Training

Location: University of Chicago

 Knapp Center for Biomedical Discovery

900 E. 57th St.

First Floor, Rm 1110

Chicago, IL 60637

10am - 4pm

RSVP: Antoine Maxwell

 antoine.maxwell@me.com

 

Feb 12 & 13, 2014

BTAN Jackson Training

Location: Building Bridges

2147 Henry Hill Drive

Jackson, MI 39204

9am - 5pm

RSVP: Cedric Sturdevant

csturdevant@mbk-inc.org

601-898-0000, ext 102

 

Feb 26-28, 2014

BTAN Los Angeles Training

Location: Black AIDS Institute

1833 West 8th Street

Los Angeles, CA 90057

9am - 5pm

btanla2014training@gmail.com

programs@blackaids.org

877-757-AIDS

 

BTAN NBHAAD PrEP Activities:

February 6, 2014

Minneapolis

Time: 5:30 p.m.

Event: Dinner

Location: Ruth Chris Steak

House, 920 S. 2nd Ave., #100,

Minneapolis, MN 55402

Contact: William L. Larson

RSVP and email:

William.L.Larson@allina.com

 

February 7, 2014

Atlanta

Time: 11 am - 4pm

Location: 1-Clubhouse, 3361

Columbian Wood Dr., Decatur,

GA 30032

Contact: Lisa Diane White

Email: LWhite@sisterlove.org

Phone: 404-254-4734

Bay Area

Time: 9am - 12 pm

Event: Research & Reality: HIV

Prevention Breakfast Update

Location: Preservation Park,

Robinson Classroom B, 1204

Preservation Park Wy.,

Oakland, CA 94612

Contact: Minister Rob Newells

Email: ImaniHealingFaith@

gmail.com

Register: bit.ly/GH3mKH

Atlanta

Time: 9am - 5 pm

Event: HIV Science and

Treatment Training: Divine

Appointment - No More

Secrets

Location: Allen Temple Baptist

Church, Family Life Center, 8501

International Blvd., Oakland,

CA 94621

Contact: Denishia Delane

Email: dmdelane@gmail.com

Register: bit.ly/GH3nhJ

Broward

Time: 11am

Event: Press Conference

Location: Florida Department

of Health in Broward County,

780 SW 24 St., Ft. Lauderdale,

FL 33315

Los Angeles

Time: 5pm - 8pm

Event: Back Love = Safe Love

Location: Bayou Grille, 1400 N.

LA Brea, Inglewood, CA 90302

Contact person: Kieta D.

Mutepfa

Register: www.la2014nbhaad.

eventbrite.com

Jackson

Time: 12pm - 3pm 

Event: Community

Engagement Cookout with

PrEP Education and Community

Speakers

Location: 500 E. Woodrow

Wilson Ave., Jackson MS 39216

Contact: Cedric Sturdevant

Email: csturdevant@mbk-inc.

org

 

February 8, 2014

Louisiana

Time: 10am - 2pm

Event: 8th Annual Basketball

Game and HIV Education

Community Event

Location: Southern University

A&M College, Clifford T.

Seymour Hall, Baton Rouge, LA

70807

Contact: Eugene Collins

Phone: 225-925-4480, 225-288-9589

Contact: Danette Brown

Phone: 225-388-5816

 

February 12, 2014

Atlanta

Time: 7pm - 8:45pm

Event: Community

Location: 1237 Ralph David

Abernathy Blvd., S.W., Atlanta,

GA 30310

Contact: Lisa Diane White

Email: LWhite@sisterlove.org

Phone:404-254-4734

Little Rock

Time: 9am.- 3 pm

Event: Science and Treatment

Training

Location: Empowerment

Center, 3604 W. 12th St., Little

Rock, AR72204

Contact: Ashley Young

Email: ayoung@bcdinc.org

501-379-1560

 

February 14, 2014

Broward

Time: 11a.m. - 2pm

Event: Luncheon:

Broward is Greater

than AIDS - A Call to Action

Location: Urban League of

Broward County, 560 NW 27th

Ave., Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33311

Contact: Magaly Prezeau

Email: mprezeau@cacfl.org

Phone: 954-534-9113

   

Brown Bag Lunch (BBL)  

An eight-segment train-the-trainer series that aims to improve HIV care and treatment through training, networking, and mobilization.

  

Upcoming leader orientations (10 AM PST / 1 PM EST):

  • April 2, 2014
  • July 9, 2014
  • Oct 8, 2014 
Training Webinar: Mar 5, 2014

Topic: Affordable Care Act 

BBL: Mar 21, 2014

 

Training Webinar: Apr 30, 2014

Topic: Creating Safe Spaces for Black Men  

BBL: May 16, 2014

 

Training Webinar: Jun 4, 2014

Topic: Hepatitis C  

BBL: Jun 20, 2014

 

For more information

contact Rebekah

Isreal at

rebekahi@BlackAIDS.org 

or visit 
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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