November 3, 2015


 
 Women's Club of Aruba commemorates its AIDS awareness campaign efforts with strategically placed sculpture created and donated by Jan van Duren of Pro Paint van Duren
The Black Treatment Advocates Network: Advocating...
Aruba may be known for its surf, sand and stunning resorts, but HIV activists, cousins and Black Treatment Advocates Network (BTAN) members |more

 
    

  
Jamila Allen
Dr. Chinazo Cunningham
National Institutes of Health
One year later
2016 Open Enrollment: Tips for Getting...
The third Open Enrollment period for Marketplace health coverage began on November 1, 2015 and runs through January 31, 2016. What do consumers need to do to stay covered and get covered? The HRSA-supported| 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     
Promising Approaches to Improving 
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There is a great deal of work being done across the country to improve care for those infected with hepatitis C. This work has been reinvigorated in recent years by new tools that hold great promise, including new HCV treatments that have the potential |




 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 
HHS & NIH Seek Public Comments
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There are two opportunities to offer public comment on plans to better understand and improve the health and wellness of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Americans. These federal plans include but extend|
             
 



 






 

 
 
There is a Black Lives Matter PAC-But
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Leaders in the Black Lives Matter movement have repeatedly said that the network will not endorse a candidate and instead seeks to encourage presidential candidates to design their platforms using tactics |
         
 

 

 

 

 

 

 



   
 



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
 
 
If nothing changes, studies, organizations, and publications all predict that 6 out of 10 Black MSM will be HIV-positive by their 40th birthday.
 
Science
 
 
Bristol-Myers Squibb has announced the 2015 recipients for three $300,000 research grants under its Partnering for Cure program, which this year, will go toward providing new insights on the immunopathology of HIV and the hepatitis B virus (HBV), according to a recent press release from the pharmaceutical company.
 
 
A computer model developed by Johns Hopkins health care delivery specialists predicts that strengthening a handful of efforts to keep people with HIV in lifetime care, along with more rigorous testing, would potentially avert a projected 752,000 new HIV infections and 276,000 AIDS deaths in the United States alone over the next 20 years.
 
 
Stopping smoking, improving diet and exercising especially important for people living with HIV long-term

Treatment
 
 
Is the war on drugs crippling the war on AIDS? And might the AIDS epidemic make governments more willing to treat drug abusers as suffering patients rather than as hardened criminals?
 
 
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has required AbbVie to change the labels for its two hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatments after receiving numerous reports of serious liver injury developing among people while taking the medications, Medscape reports.
 
 
Kerry Thomas already knew that he was HIV-positive when he entered the Idaho State Correctional Center (ISCC) in Boise. So did prison officials, both from his health records from a previous prison term and from the publicity of his HIV criminalization case. When he arrived, however, prison medical staff said that they did not have his antiretroviral medications and were unsure when they would be able to provide them.
 
Miscellaneous
 
 
Friday, October 23, is the annual Day of Action to End Violence Against Women Living With HIV, an awareness day spearheaded by the Positive Women's Network-USA (PWN-USA). Events and campaigns are held throughout the country to raise awareness of the fact that HIV-positive women are more likely to experience intimate partner violence than women who are HIV negative.
 
ViiV Healthcare awarded 23 small grants to support programs at nongovernmental and community-based groups that alleviate discrimination and HIV-related stigma among men who have sex with men (MSM) and the transgender population.
 
In This Issue
Phill Wilson
Earlier this year two BTAN members vacationed together in Aruba. While there, they saw an opportunity to learn more about the epidemic and connect with people to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS. Tomika Anderson reports. | more

EVENTS 


NMAC PrePared for Life

Date: Thursday, November 5, 2015
Time: 10am to 3:30pm EST
Location: Dept. of Mental Health and Hygiene
Large Conference Rm
5th floor
500 North Calvert St
Baltimore, MD 21202
Click here for more info

 
National Center for Innovation in HIV Care 2015 Webinars
 
November 16
1pm ET
Basics of Contracting with Medicaid and Managed Care Organizations
Register here 
 
November 18
2pm ET
Telemedicine: Trancending Barriers to Rural Health
Register here
 
December 3
2pm ET
ERH Solutions to Provide Great Care
Register here
 
December 10
1pm ET
Strong Commuities: Understanding Intersectionality and its Role in Access to and
Engagement in HIV Care
Register here
 
December 14
1pm ET
Implications of the Updated National HIV/AIDS Strategy for ASOs, CBOs, and
Health Centers
Register here
  

2015 National HIV Prevention Conference
December 6-9, 2015 
Atlanta, Georgia 
Hyatt Regency Atlanta & Atlanta Marriott Marquis

National PrEP Tour 2015 - 2016

Atlanta, GA
11/10/15

Baltimore, MD
11/5/15

Bay Area, CA
11/17/15

Broward County, Fl
2/5/16

Charlotte, NC
TBD

Chicago, IL
11/18/15

Cincinnati, OH
TBD

Columbia, SC
2/16/16

Dallas, TX
TBD

Detroit, MI
TBD

Fort Lauderdale (Broward County)
2/5/16

Jackson, MS
12/3/15

Kansas City, MO
TBD

Little Rock, AR
TBD

Los Angeles, CA
2/9/16

Melbourne, FL
2/3/16

Miami, FL
TBD

Minneapolis, MN
11/5/2015

Miami, FL
TBD

Nashville, TN
TBD

New Orleans, LA
10/13/2015

Oakland, CA
11/17/15

Philadephia, PA
TBD

Richmond-Petersburg, VA
2/24/16

Rock Hill, SC
TBD

Washington, DC
10/27/2015

*Dates are subject to change. Click here for more info.

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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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