November 10, 2015


 
 High cost of drugs
Price Hike of HIV/AIDS Drug Highlights New Role for...
There's no denying that many strides have been made in the treatment of HIV/AIDS. But a pharmaceutical company's recent decision to hike|more

 
    

  
More minorities
Hep C in prisons
Hep C and HIV
#AttackAtSpring
Valley

California Targets African Americans...
Covered California still faces major challenges in enrolling African-Americans and Latinos as the state's health insurance exchange launches its third open enrollment period Sunday."We know we've come up short in who's| 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     
Hepatitis C in Corrections - A New...
A disproportionate number of people with hepatitis C (HCV) in the U.S. are or have been inmates in jails and prisons. Correctional settings therefore present significant opportunities to provide hepatitis prevention|




 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 
Hepatitis C Initiative in Ryan White...
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) presented findings and lessons from a four-year demonstration project that supported 29 organizations implementing focused interventions|
              
 



 






 

 
 
There is a Black Lives Matter PAC-But
...
From the 17-year-old who was knocked unconscious by a school resource officer in Tampa, to the Baltimore middle-school student who needed 10 stitches after a cop hit her with a baton, to the recent 
#AssaultAtSpring
Valley, black| 


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

 
ViiV Healthcare is giving grants to five HIV programs that aim to reach young men who have sex with men (MSM) via digital platforms such as YouTube, mobile apps and dating websites.
 
Science
 
 
People coinfected with HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) have a much lower risk of death after being cured of hep C, aidsmap reports. Researchers from the COHERE Hepatitis Subgroup, which studied hep C treatment effects among 3,500 coinfected people, presented their findings at the 15th European AIDS Conference in Barcelona, Spain.
 
 
Non-cirrhotic people coinfected with HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) are much less likely to experience liver disease progression if they are taking a statin. Researchers followed 1,366 coinfected individuals between 2001 and 2014 and presented their findings at IDWeek in San Diego.
 
Treatment
 
 
Johnson & Johnson , ViiV Healthcare: 2 injections every month or 2 could keep HIV at bay
 
Miscellaneous
 
 
Advocates say proposed changes to the 340B program could mean fewer services and longer waiting lists for meds
 
 
WASHINGTON - In Tennessee, the state insurance commissioner approved a 36 percent rate increase for the largest health insurer in the state's individual marketplace. In Iowa, the commissioner approved rate increases averaging 29 percent for the state's dominant insurer.
 
 
Born to a 14-year-old mother, raised in a household with an alcoholic grandfather, Jarrett Neal was in eighth grade when his gym class accidentally walked in on their coach showering. It was Neal's first glimpse of a naked man and it "ended my boyhood," he writes in "What Color is Your Hoodie: Essays on Black Gay Identity."
 
 
We won marriage equality, but now's no time to rest on our laurels when a large contingent will keep working to keep full civil rights at bay
 
 
Evaluating health insurance plans can be daunting and confusing, and most people don't get much guidance, research shows.
In This Issue
Phill Wilson
Early this fall AIDS activists and the medical community were shocked when Turning Pharmaceuticals raised the price of Daraprim (pyrimethamine), a prescription drug used by many PLWHA who | more

EVENTS 

 
National Center for Innovation in HIV Care 2015 Webinars
 
November 16
1pm ET
Basics of Contracting with Medicaid and Managed Care Organizations
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November 18
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Telemedicine: Trancending Barriers to Rural Health
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2pm ET
ERH Solutions to Provide Great Care
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December 10
1pm ET
Strong Commuities: Understanding Intersectionality and its Role in Access to and
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December 14
1pm ET
Implications of the Updated National HIV/AIDS Strategy for ASOs, CBOs, and
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2015 National HIV Prevention Conference
December 6-9, 2015 
Atlanta, Georgia 
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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

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Columbia, SC
2/16/16

Dallas, TX
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Fort Lauderdale (Broward County)
2/5/16

Jackson, MS
12/3/15

Kansas City, MO
TBD

Little Rock, AR
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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

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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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