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Medical Aid Group Warns of Waning Support for AIDS Treatment Scale-Up
Thursday, November 5, 2009
In a new report, Doctors Without Borders (DWB) is warning of a “major funding deficit and a looming crisis” in AIDS funding. On Thursday in Johannesburg, South Africa, the report’s author spoke about the problem.

In 2005, leaders of the G-8 nations committed to supporting universal access to AIDS prevention, treatment, and care for all persons in need by 2010. “Now...

U.S. Officially Ends HIV Travel Ban
Monday, November 2, 2009

The White House on Friday announced an end to a 22-year-old travel ban on HIV-positive foreigners visiting the U.S. or seeking residency, the New York Times reports. The newspaper writes that...

Top Latin American Broadcasters Unite To Launch Region’s First Media-Led HIV/AIDS Campaign
Friday, October 16, 2009

A coalition of television and radio broadcasters across Latin America launched PASION POR LA VIDA / PAIXAO PELA VIDA (“Passion for Life”)—the first regional effort led by media to inspire and empower people to help stem the spread of HIV/AIDS. Profiling courageous individuals living with HIV across the region, the campaign aims to put a face on the region’s HIV/AIDS...

Univision and Kaiser Foundation Mark National Latino AIDS Awareness Day With New Campaign Featuring People Living With HIV/AIDS
Thursday, October 15, 2009

Univision Communications Inc. and the Kaiser Family Foundation unveiled the second phase of “SOY…” (I AM…), the groundbreaking Spanish-language media campaign featuring the personal stories of a diverse group of Latinos living with HIV and their loved ones.

The Cost and Causalities of Silence: HIV/AIDS in Black America"
Thursday, October 8, 2009
"There is a terrible and terrifying creature stalking the black community night and day. This terrible and terrifying creature is called HIV/AIDS, and it has come to our community and is consuming our life energy and undermining our future. It is now the number-one killer of our people between the ages of 22-45.

"To save and protect the lives of our children and people as a...

"Official Says ‘Down Low’ Men Not Responsible for High HIV Rates Among Black Women "
Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Heterosexual black men with multiple sex partners - not bisexual men who secretly have sex with men - are responsible for high rates of HIV among black women, according to a senior CDC official.

Statement Regarding National Gay Men's HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
Friday, September 25, 2009

On September 27, our nation will observe National Gay Men's HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NGMHAAD).  This is a day for us to reflect on the devastating impact that HIV and AIDS have had among gay and bisexual men, to recognize that HIV continues to affect this community disproportionately, and to commit to reducing that disparity.

Men who have sex with men (MSM) account for more than...

HIV Vaccine Regimen Demonstrates Modest Preventive Effect in Thailand Clinical Study
Friday, September 25, 2009

In an encouraging development, an investigational vaccine regimen has been shown to be well-tolerated and to have a modest effect in preventing HIV infection in a clinical trial involving more than 16,000 adult participants in Thailand. Following a final analysis of the trial data, the Surgeon General of the U.S. Army, the trial sponsor, announced today that the prime-boost investigational...

U.S. closer to lifting HIV travel ban
Wednesday, September 23, 2009

By CHRIS JOHNSON, Washington Blade
Sep 23 2009, 5:45 PM

The Obama administration has taken a new step toward lifting the ban on HIV-positive foreign nationals entering the United States in a possible indication that a full repeal is coming soon.

A memo issued Tuesday by U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services instructs officers to place on hold any green card...

Latino Community Services holds its 4th annual AIDS Walk
Sunday, June 14, 2009

Hartford, CT—June 14, 2009 – Latino Community Services, Inc. will hold its 4th annual AIDS Walk on June 14, 2009 at the MDC Reservoir on Rte 4 in West Hartford. The AIDS Walk will raise money to support services for HIV prevention and for those infected with HIV/AIDS, as well as raise awareness regarding HIV/AIDS in our communities.
 

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