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Massachusetts: Fenway and the Multicultural AIDS Coalition Launch Study on Black Gay Men and HIV

Fenway Health and the Multicultural AIDS Coalition are looking to recruit 330 black men who have sex with men (MSM) for a study that seeks to better understand their sexual health and determine effective HIV prevention strategies. Boston is one of... Read more »

Multicultural Health Fair Planned in Houston, Texas

On Saturday, the first Houston Juneteenth Multicultural Health Festival will take place from noon to 6 p.m. at Tom Bass Park, 3452 Fellows Rd. Presented by UnitedHealth Group, the fair will focus on the leading causes of death among blacks and other... Read more »

Winston-Salem, N.C., HIV/AIDS Group Files for Bankruptcy, Leaving Gap in HIV/AIDS Services

A Winston-Salem, N.C.-based not-for-profit HIV/AIDS service agency closed two weeks ago, leaving a "gap" in financial and emotional support services for HIV-positive people living in the area, the Winston-Salem Journal reports. The agency -- HIV... Read more »

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Student intern for Tulsa C.A.R.E.S., an agency that provides services for people with HIV?AIDS in the Oklahoma area.

Wanting to find resources to prove that exercise is important in a HIV/AIDS client. Is this statement true, can it help slow down process? Looking for information to write Grant to get our agency fitness equipment or at least some kind of exercise...

Response from Alvan Fisher, M.D.

Brown University School of Medicine

Please do a literature search, but start with Hellerstein's article (and the accompanying editorial by Dobbs) in last year's JAMA (I think one of the June issues).Alvan Fisher, M.D.... Read more »

Trouble with AIDS Service Organization

Hello. I'm really not sure where best to go with this question, so here I am.I have been battling with the local AIDS service organization over denial of services for reasons I simply don't understand. I won't go into the details,...

Response from Michael Shernoff, M.S.W.

Psychotherapist and Author

I am so sorry to hear about the trouble you are having. The only suggestion I have is for you to contact the office of your local city elected offical and speak to one of the staff people there and ask them to help you by acting as an advocate in... Read more »

hiv + food service workers

I am writing a term paper on the implications and public risks of HIV+ workers in the food service industry. Can you give so insight on resources I should access to help me with this issue?...

Response from Lynne Gabriel

WorkPositive, Inc.

Your question is a good one with a fairly simple answer. An HIV+ person working in food service poses no more risk to the public than does any other employee -- if safety procedures (OSHA guidelines) are being properly adhered to and the workplace... Read more »

can I be tested for hiv for a civil service job

I am applying for a position for the Las Vegas police Department.I am in great health and have been for a long time. I have passed most of the requirements for this position but the last being a medical exam.It states they perform routine blood...

Response from Lynne Gabriel

WorkPositive, Inc.

"Routine" blood work does not usually include an HIV test. If you are being tested for HIV antibodies you should be notified. As for the drug testing, anti-HIV drugs (protease inhibitors, reverse transcriptase inhibitors) should not... Read more »

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Catholic Relief Services- HIV/AIDS Chief of Party

Posted by hrrecruiting

Requisition Number: I 08 001

Background:
CRS is the consortium lead for AIDSRelief, which is operational in 9 countries in Africa and the Caribbean. The Consortium in Rwanda comprises CRS as the prime, in partnership with the Institute... Read more »

Palmetto AIDS Life Support Services S.C.

Posted by Anonymous

Palmetto AIDS Life Support Services

Palmetto AIDS Life Support Services (PALSS) is seeking a full-time Project Manager to coordinate a new HIV/AIDS prevention initiative. Master's degree in public health, social work or related field plus 2 years... Read more »

AIDS Project Los Angeles Director of Client Servic

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Director of Client Services --AIDS Project Los Angeles

DIVISION: Client Services

The Director of Client Services directs a continuum of Ryan White CARE Act-funded social services designed to connect people living with HIV to medical care and to... Read more »

AIDS support services

Posted by shadow1

Well for those that have read my previous posts on what I am doing to suport funding for aids services, I would like to thank those of you that have helped. For those of you that haven't, I will re attach it to the bottom of this post.
A little about... Read more »

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