HIV/AIDS in the African-American Community
Overview
- Black AIDS Institute Executive Director Discusses HIV/AIDS Among Black Community (August 3, 2009)
In Kaiser Daily U.S. HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- CEO of Black AIDS Institute Discusses HIV/AIDS at Newspaper Conference; Group Releases Report Examining HIV Testing in Black Community (July 2, 2009)
In Kaiser Daily U.S. HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- VOA News Profiles HIV/AIDS Counselor Who Works in Washington, D.C. (February 27, 2009)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Where Are the Black Gay Men? (February 19, 2009)
Even on Black AIDS Awareness Day, black gay men remain on the margins.
In Housing Works AIDS Issues Update, from Housing Works
- Statement of Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., on National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness and Information Day, February 7, 2009 (February 4, 2009)
From U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
- Fighting HIV Among African Americans (February 2009)
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From U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Making Change Real: The State of AIDS in Black America 2009 (February 2009)
Executive Summary.
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From Black AIDS Institute
- Making Change Real: The State of AIDS in Black America 2009 (PDF) (February 2009)
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From Black AIDS Institute
- Hope Amidst the Crisis (January 30, 2009)
From U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Heightened National Response to the HIV/AIDS Crisis Among African Americans: Presentation From the 2008 HIV Prevention Leadership Summit (September 9, 2008)
From U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- African-American Resource Center: HIV Frontlines -- U.S. Edition: African Americans Tell Their Stories About HIV in a New Book (May 14, 2008)
From The Body
- HIV/AIDS and African Americans (January 22, 2008)
From Office of Minority Health
- Triple Stigma: Race, HIV and Drug Use (PDF) (June 21, 2007)
From U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Graduates of "HIV U" Prepare to Fight HIV in African-American Communities (June 18, 2007)
From Black AIDS Institute
- A Heightened National Response to the HIV/AIDS Crisis Among African Americans (PDF) (June 2007)
From U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Disease Denial Devastating for African Americans (June 5, 2006)
Blacks are most vulnerable: group sustains more than half of new U.S. infections, deaths, but effort to inform intensifies.
In San Francisco Chronicle
- HIV Denial, Stigma Continue to Threaten U.S. Black Community, Author Says (May 3, 2006)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Sexuality in Men of Color: The Impact of Culture (Winter 2005/2006)
Moctezuma Garcia examines the intersection of race, sexual identity, culture and religion in the U.S. HIV epidemic.
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In ACRIA Update, from AIDS Community Research Initiative of America
- A Turning Point: Confronting HIV/AIDS in African-American Communities (November 2005)
This call to action includes statistical reports and a list of specific recommendations on how to stop the spread of HIV among African Americans.
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In A Turning Point: Confronting HIV/AIDS in African American Communities, from National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors
- Reclaiming the Future: The State of AIDS Among Black Youth (September 22, 2005)
As U. Chicago professor Cathy Cohen and colleagues report, HIV has become inextricably linked with the cultural and political inequalities that face many African Americans -- particularly youths.
From Black AIDS Institute
- African-American Community Slow to Wake Up to Rapid Spread of HIV (March 14, 2005)
The growing HIV rate among African Americans (now at about 2%) is beginning to strip away years of denial.
In St. Petersburg Times
- U.S. HIV Cases Soaring Among Black Women (February 7, 2005)
In The Washington Post
- AIDS Goes Gray (February 2004)
HIV has been with us for over two decades. Its survivors will live much longer than that -- which is more than can be said for the safety net keeping them housed and healthy.
In City Limits
- And They Said This Was a Gay, White Male Disease (September/October 2003)
An overview of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the U.S. South.
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
- Black Community Especially Hard Hit by HIV/AIDS (June 26, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- A Bridge to Common Experiences (February 19, 2001)
In The 2001 National Conference on African Americans and AIDS, from The Body PRO
- On the Front Lines: Fighting HIV/AIDS in African-American Communities (August 1999)
From U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- State of Emergency: HIV/AIDS Among African Americans (February 1999)
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
- Leading for Life: The AIDS Crisis Among African Americans (October 22, 1996)
A conference report from the Harvard AIDS Institute.
In Leading for Life: The AIDS Crisis Among African Americans, from Harvard AIDS Institute
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