July 21, 2015




 Matthew Rose

Matthew Rose, Black AIDS Institute Program...
Matthew Rose says he knew early on that he wanted to devote his life to being an advocate for those living with and at risk for acquiring HIV/AIDS.| more 
 
   


  

Jai...With a Funny Name


 

 

 


 Dr. Jonathan Mermin

Douglas Brooks

Ta-Nehisi Coates
Jai: With the Funny Name: Owning... 

Some experiences can make you or break you.

For 29-year-old Manyonge Jarrett Makokha, better known as "Jai . . . With the Funny Name," one of those experiences was being raped repeatedly between the ages of 8 and 14. For years he felt broken from|more 


 



HIV Care Continuum: Controlling the... 

The CDC has released a new Vital Signs Report on HIV. The data support the call-to-action to increase the number of people living with HIV who achieve viral suppression.

Having very low levels of HIV in the body, achieved by taking antiretroviral medicines|more


 


 


 


 

 


 


 


 


 


Save-the-Date: National HIV/AIDS

On Thursday, July 30, 2015, the White House and AIDS.gov will live stream the release of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy: Updated to 2020 during an event in Atlanta, Georgia. The Strategy has reinvigorated the collective national response to HIV. It has changed the way|more

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

Read: New York Magazine's Cover Story...
This week's "New York"magazine cover story profiles Ta-Nehisi Coates and talks about his new book, "Between the World and Me." In the article, Coates, who writes for The Atlantic, talks about the Confederate flag, the tragedy in Charleston, and the widespread interest in his book.|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.

 

Treatment

 

Pricey Successor Overtakes $1,000-Per-Pill Hepatitis C Drug

                                        

WASHINGTON - The $1,000 pill for a liver-wasting viral infection that made headlines last year is no longer the favorite of patients and doctors.

 

Miscellaneous

 

Black Children in U.S. Are Much More Likely to Live in Poverty, Study Says

 

WASHINGTON - Black children were almost four times as likely as white children to be living in poverty in 2013, a new report has found, the latest evidence that the economic recovery is leaving behind some of the United States' most vulnerable citizens.

                                                                                                                

Black Pastors Across America Will Preach About HIV/AIDS This Sunday

 

The black church has always been a place of power for the African-American community. It was where black leaders secretly preached the gospel of freedom to slaves meeting in underground churches. It was where clergy spoke against the injustices of segregation and rallied for the cause of civil rights.

 

Congress May Eliminate Specific Care Funding for Women With HIV, Jeopardizing Trauma-Informed Services

 

When Gina Marie Brown was diagnosed with HIV in 1994, she was pregnant, two years sober, and hanging on by a thread.

 

After her diagnosis that thread threatened to snap. She started squirrelling away pain pills and hatched a plan. When her baby was born, she'd take the pills, "go to sleep and never wake up."

 

LGBT Student Measure Falls Short in Senate

 

Legislation that aims to prohibit discrimination and harassment of LGBT students in public schools failed Tuesday to reach the 60-vote threshold needed for passage in the Senate as part of an education reform bill.

 

Nation's Capital Sees 'Remarkable' Drop in New HIV Cases

 

By most measures, Washington, DC, is making major progress in its fight against HIV, according to new data released by the city and reported in the Washington Post. From 2012 to 2013, the latest date available, newly diagnosed cases per year dropped from 678 to 553.

 

Our Health Matters: The Struggle to End HIV Continues

 

The chair of the NAACP calls on faith leaders to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS.

 

People with HIV Live Almost 20 Years Longer Than in 2001

 

Better access to antiretroviral drugs has transformed outlook for 15 million people with HIV, says UN, but more funding needed to avoid Aids comeback

 

S.F. Sees Lowest Rates Ever of New HIV Diagnoses and Deaths

 

In 2014, San Francisco recorded 302 new HIV diagnoses and 177 deaths of HIV-positive people; these are the lowest-ever numbers in the city's history of the epidemic and amount to a 17 percent drop from the previous year, reports the San Francisco Examiner.

 

The Struggle for Fairness for Transgender Workers

 

Shortly after graduating from college in Pennsylvania last year, Elaine Rita Mendus hopped on a Greyhound bus, hoping the $2,000 in her bank account would keep her afloat until the first paycheck. There was only one city in the country that seemed moderately promising for a 6-foot-3 transgender woman in the early stages of transitioning to launch a career.

 

In This Issue
Phill Wilson
The past week has been an interesting, eclectic and exhausting week for the Black AIDS Institute. My week started off at the BTAN Chicago monthly meeting, where, among other things, we talked about a meningitis outbreak|more

 

EVENTS 

 

September 10 - 13 

U.S. Conference on AIDS
Washington, DC 
 
 

For more information on events 

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GeraldG@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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