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Exclusion of Family Planning, HIV Prevention From Pink Ribbon Red Ribbon Partnership Is "Counter-Intuitive"

In this Huffington Post opinion piece , Serra Sippel, president of the Center for Health and Gender Equity, examines the Pink Ribbon Red Ribbon partnership, which was launched last month by PEPFAR in conjunction with the George W. Bush Institute,... Read more »

Five Organizations Awarded Red Ribbons for HIV/AIDS Efforts

The United Nations Development Programme on Thursday at the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City awarded five organizations from Ghana, India, Iran, Malawi and Mexico with Red Ribbon Awards , recognizing their efforts in fighting... Read more »

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Groups Win Red Ribbon Awards for Work on HIV/AIDS

At the closing of the 16th International AIDS Conference, five community groups received Red Ribbon Awards. The awards aim to recognize outstanding community leadership in creative and sustainable efforts to prevent HIV/AIDS and help those affected.... Read more »

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HIV test results

DR.BOBI'm 32 year old female and in my 20's have had sex without thinking twice.I came upon your website and I was so scared that I somehow had this disease and could be spreading it to someone else.after years of wondering and after...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,Congratulations and WOO-HOO! I'm delighted by your good news! I must say I was a bit concerned when you mentioned you became nervous and sick after looking at this Web site! My desire is to provide information that is factual and... Read more »

Flu Epidemic

91,871 people in the U.S. died last year from the flu. I think AIDS deaths were in the area of 16,000. Since there were more than 5.6x the amount of deaths due to the flu (also a virus), shouldn't we see the CDC calling this an epidemic? Why...

Response from Benjamin Young, M.D., Ph.D.

Rocky Mountain CARES

I'm not sure what the source of your anger is, but let me try to answer some of your questions.The CDC does, in fact call influenza an epidemic.There has been considerable effort from the federal system as well as the private, pharmaceutical... Read more »

re:hot third world latin boys

Dr. Frascino, I am not bashing people for having bad judgment. I feel sorry for them. They are not getting what is going on--what has been going on for over 20 years, and over 40 million people now with AIDS. We have so much information out there...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi Craig,Welcome back to the Forum.O.K., I now believe you can read English. Yes, of course, I understand your frustration. As I mentioned, I've been intimately involved in the AIDS Pandemic since it was first recognized in the early 80s as an... Read more »

You wrong, wrong, wrong

I was so infuriated by the "question" about abstinance only sex education that I thought I ought to respond. I suggest the original poster looks at the evidence of the HIV epidemic in Uganda and the harm linking funding to abstinance...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello George,I received many posts in response to Little Miss Waiting for Prince Charming's post, uniformly commenting on her navet. The Ugandan story is indeed an excellent example of how progress can evaporate when science is ignored and... Read more »

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Need HIV Awareness wristbands and ribbons

Posted by Anonymous

I am volunteering to help people in my village in Africa to acknowledge the destruction of AIDS. There is a lot of denial, even when loved ones die of AIDS, as no one wants to talk about it. Hoever, we believe having people who have lost relatives,... Read more »

HIV/AIDS Red Ribbon Campaign

Posted by MiracleAlbert

The Red Ribbon Campaign is a work place HIV/AIDS Awareness & Prevention Strategy to raise aggressive awareness about the AIDS Epidemic. As well, it is a Charity Fundraiser geared towards raising funds for our Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Service... Read more »

My cousin is HIV positive

Posted by Anonymous

I found out several years ago, through relatives gossip, that my
cousin, a 27 year old heterosexual female, was HIV pos. Being a
gay female and having friends infected I contacted her
immediately. She was in need of support, emotionally, as everyone Read more »

How much of worry. Reassurances-HIV or I am Mad?

Posted by HealOcd, 1 Reply

How much of worry. HIV or I am Mad?
This article is specially written for people who are too much obsessed with HIV. Who else can understand your agony? Its quite easy for someone to say that ,Dont worry, you cannot catch HIV through public toilet ,... Read more »

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