August 12, 2014


Michel Sidibe
HIV Does Discriminate: The Worldwide...  

In a reversal of a long-standing public health mantra, one of the key messages from AIDS 2014 is that HIV does discriminate. In the first of this three-part series|more 

 
   
   
  
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Venton Jones 

Sir Winston San Agustin

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Researchers Find Hepatitis C Cures... 
The World Health Organization estimates that globally, 5-15% of people living with HIV are coinfected with hepatitis C. In the United States, about 25% of people|more 

Black Voices: Independence from HIV... 
Last month, the White House Office of National AIDS Policy hosted the much-anticipated meeting on HIV in the Southern United States. Federal stakeholders|more 
 

Surgeon Agrees to Treat HIV-Positive... 

California surgeon has voluntarily entered into a Post-Termination Compliance Agreement with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services|more
 
 

Pitfalls Emerge in Health Insurance..
For the 8 million people who persevered through all the software trapdoors in the new health insurance exchanges and managed to sign up for |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.

 

Science

 

Creating New Immune Systems for HIV PatientsCreating New Immune Systems for HIV PatientsCreating New Immune Systems for HIV Patients 

 

There is good news in attempts to halt HIV by growing, in patients, new immune systems lacking function in a key gene just as the first-and only-cured HIV patient did.

 

HIV Infection Linked to Reduced Risk of MS 

 

A new study published in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry - a journal of the BMJ - suggests that individuals infected with HIV may be at much lower risk of developing multiple sclerosis.

 

Treatment

 

$1,000 Hepatitis Pill Shows Why Fixing Health Costs Is So Hard 

 

A new drug for the liver diseasehepatitis C is scaring people. Not because the drug is dangerous - it's generally heralded as a genuine medical breakthrough - but because it costs $1,000 a pill and about $84,000 for a typical person's total treatment.

 

Miscellaneous

 

The Black HIV Epidemic: A Public Health Mystery from Atlanta's Gay Community 

 

A journey with the researchers studying the troubling disparity in HIV diagnoses.

 

Cleveland HIV/AIDS Healthcare Center Hosts Opening in Coordination with Gay Games (photo gallery) 

 

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The AIDS Taskforce of Greater Cleveland and the AIDS Healthcare Foundation celebrated the grand opening of a new healthcare center and pharmacy Tuesday, as the city prepares for the 2014 Gay Games.

 

NMAC Launches PrEP Resource for Young Gay Men of Color 

 

The National Minority AIDS Council (NMAC) has launched PrEPare for Life, an online resource page for young gay men of color about pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). The page includes peer-based educational videos, infographics to be shared on social media and links to other PrEP resources.

 

Obama and African Leaders to Discuss U.S. Funding for HIV/AIDS 

 

When African leaders arrive in Washington this week to meet with President Obama, one of the most politically sensitive issues expected to be discussed is the future of the U.S. commitment to global efforts to deal with HIV/AIDS.

 

Racial Differences in Life Expectancy Vary Between States 

 

Differences in life expectancy between black people and white people vary from state to state, according to a new study published in the journal Health Affairs.

 

Recession, Not Affordable Care Act, Slows Health Spending, Study Concludes 

 

Aug. 05--Spending on health care in the United States grew at a slower pace in recent years because of the economic recession and not because of the Affordable Care Act, an academic study published on Monday concluded.

 

Researchers Look at Prescription Opioid Abuse Among Young Adults in NYC 

 

The prevalence of heroin use has been rising steadily in the U.S in recent years. According to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, the number of individuals reporting past year heroin use almost doubled between 2007 (373,000) and 2012 (669,000). Emerging evidence suggests the increase may be linked to prescription opioid (PO) users who transition from oral and/or intranasal PO use to heroin use, with POs providing the entryway to regular opioid use, and ultimately, heroin injection. This drug-use trajectory appears to have become increasingly common over the past ten years; in one study, 77.4% of participants in a 2008-2010 cohort reported using POs nonmedically prior to initiating heroin use, as compared to 66.8% in the 2002-2004 cohort.

 

In This Issue
Phill Wilson

We publish the first of a three-part series on how, contrary to the historical public health message, HIV does in fact discriminate. Linda Villarosa reports.Our friends at AIDS.gov have written a round-up of some of the|more 

 

EVENTS 

 

AIDS 2014 HUB Schedule

Tuesday 8/26/14

BTAN city: Los Angelas

 

Thursday 9/4/14

BTAN city: Atlanta

 

Wednesday 9/4/14

BTAN city: Jackson, FL

 

Friday 9/5/14

BTAN city: Little Rock, AK

 

Monday 9/8/14

BTAN city: Washington, DC

 

Tuesday 9/9/14

BTAN city:  Baltimore

 

Friday 9/12/14

BTAN city: Richmond/Peterersburg 

 

Thursday 9/18/14

BTAN city: Broward

 

Monday 9/22/14

BTAN city: Melbourne

 

Friday 9/26/14

BTAN city: Oakland

 

Thursday 10/2/14

BTAN city:  Houston

 

Thursday 10/16/14

BTAN: Louisiana 


 

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):

  • Oct 8, 2014   

 

Ujima Men's Collective Conference 2014

October 24-26,   

Fort Lauderdale, FL

813-391-6710

www.ujimamen.com

For more information

contact Rebekah

Isreal at

rebekahi@BlackAIDS.org

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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


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