Women & HIV: Prevention: News & Viewpoints

Meeting Seeks to Boost HIV/AIDS Awareness, Support for African-American Women (July 25, 2009)
The Oakland chapter of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women held a day-long conference addressing both HIV prevention and coping with an HIV diagnosis.
In San Francisco Chronicle
IAS Joins Calls to Eliminate Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV (May 26, 2009)
From International AIDS Society
New Jersey: Women Get AIDS Prevention Advice (March 23, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Thoughts About Women and Oral Sex After Visiting the NYC Sex Museum: A Blog Entry by Terri Wilder, M.S.W. (March 15, 2009)
Terri asks: Why in the world aren't there more materials on how people should protect themselves while performing oral sex on a woman?
From Terri Wilder
An Opportunity to Overcome My Fear of HIV (May/June 2008)
Sometimes our greatest fear is fear itself.
In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
Stigma Clings Stubbornly to Women Living With HIV/AIDS (March 31, 2008)
amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research, to release results of a national survey of public perceptions of women living with HIV/AIDS.
From amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research
Nationally Representative Study Reveals Missed HIV and STD Screening Opportunities for Young, High-Risk Women Seeking Contraceptive Services (March 11, 2008)
To read PDF, click here.
From U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (March 10, 2008)
From U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Current HIV Prevention Policy: Initiatives That Affect Women (Winter 2008)
To read PDF, click here.
In ACRIA Update, from AIDS Community Research Initiative of America
"We Need a Microbicide Now!" (April 2006)
To read PDF, click here.
In IAPAC Monthly, from International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care
Why Condoms Aren't Enough to Protect Women From HIV (July 24, 2004)
Worldwide, the use of condoms is inconsistent, even when they are readily available, according to this British Medical Journal editorial. For women to truly protect themselves from HIV, it says, more options must be available.
In British Medical Journal
Bill Increasing Federal Funding for Women's Health Introduced to Congress (April 26, 2004)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Spread of HIV to Young, Black U.S. Women Spurs Concern (April 5, 2004)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
New HIV Prevention Film, "Women's Voices, Women's Lives," Focuses on African Americans (May 12, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Bill Gates Donates $28 Million to Diaphragm Research Project (May 6, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Sex, Lies and Abstinence (April 29, 2003)
A review of the different tactics the Bush administration has used to undermine effective HIV prevention efforts in the U.S.
In Conscience, a Newsjournal of Catholic Opinion
"Unladylike" Talk About Sex Saves Lives (April 7, 2003)
Excerpts from an op-ed column by Laura Hall, a board member of the Black AIDS Institute.
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
AIDS Has a Woman's Face: Gender and Power: New Strategies for HIV Prevention (March 7, 2003)
Audio and slide presentations from a University of California-San Francisco conference.
From HIV InSite
New Vision (Spring 2003)
In both domestic violence and HIV prevention, women may feel they have little control.
To read PDF, click here.
In Women Alive Newsletter, from Women Alive
Self-Respect Key to AIDS Prevention, Activist Says (December 10, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CDC Leads Effort to Improve Access to Cervical Cancer Screening (April 12, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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