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National HIV/AIDS Strategy for the United States

This marks the first time in the almost 30 years of America's HIV/AIDS epidemic that our nation will undertake a coordinated response and hold decision-makers accountable for achieving results. Get Details

"The Time Has Come"
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Black AIDS Institute and The Magic Johnson Foundation Announce New Collaboration to Fight Black HIV

The Institute and MJF will work together to ensure that the voices and specific needs of Black Americans are included in the development of the National AIDS Strategy by mobilizing Black institutions, individuals and media through training, community updates, news, social media, and entertainment. Read more

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Keri Hilson from Greater Than AIDS
How to talk to your partner about STD testing, including HIV testing. Watch now!

Greater Than AIDSSM,
a new national movement seeks to inspire hope and promote the possibility of change in the AIDS epidemic facing Black America.

IYAZ from Greater Than AIDS
gives you his advice on how to make asking your doctor to test you for STDs and HIV a cinch. Watch now!

 

 

“LIFE AIDS'” mission is to educate Black college students on the causes and effects of HIV/AIDS and create a comfortable contact for dialogue about sex and sexuality, to eradicate HIV/AIDS and restore hope in our community
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email: lifeaids@blackaids.org

LIFE AIDS' Student Leaders discusses importance of student activism in the fight against HIV/AIDS!

Lenee Richards
LIFE AIDS Coordinator

 

James Norris
DePauw University

 

Saharra White
Quinnipiac University

 

Quinton Law
Prince George Community College

 

La'Mia Bryant
University of Michigan

 

Clark Atlanta University
Hosts
Annual LIFE AIDS Black
Student Summit 2010

Students Leaders from various HBCUs gathered in Atlanta for the annual LIFE AIDS Mobilization Summit, sponsored by the Black AIDS Institute, The Magic Johnson Foundation and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Act Against AIDS effort.
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Commentary
Clark Atlanta University
February 1 -2, 2010


Richard Williams (Campus Organizer at Morehouse College) and Trina Scott (Program Manager, Young Women of Color Initiative, Clark Atlanta University)

 

 

“i know” is a new CDC-sponsored social media effort designed to encourage young African-Americans aged 18 to 24 to talk openly and often about HIV, both online and off.
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Ludacris
speaks about the impact of HIV/AIDS on African-American Young People.

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Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
HIV/AIDS and African Americans CDC Fact Sheet

More illness. Even though blacks (including African Americans) account for about 13% of the US population, they account for about half (49%) of the people who get HIV and AIDS.

Shorter survival times. Blacks with AIDS often don’t live as long as people of other races and ethnic groups with AIDS.This is due to the barriers mentioned above.

More deaths. For African Americans and other blacks, HIV/AIDS is a leading cause of death.

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Report reveals the U.S. AIDS epidemic is 40 % greater than previously believed.  And the Black community again paces the nation in all key statistical categories. 

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Institute 2010

 

 

Young, Black and Newly Positive? 5 Things You Need to Know BAI March2010 By Marvelyn Brown, Published for BlackAIDS Institute Marvelyn Brown, the author of The Naked Truth: Young, Beautiful, and (HIV) Positive, has been living with HIV for seven years. Marvelyn says: " If I could talk to them or any other newly diagnosed young Black person, here's what I would tell them:..." Read more

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Associate Professor, Howard University
Editorial Director,
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Executive Editor,
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Journalist,
Washington, DC

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Associate Director Publications,
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Medical Epidemiologist
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Editor-in-Chief, Black AIDS Weekly
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