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HIV/AIDS in the African-American Community
Overview
- HIV/AIDS Among African Americans (August 2008)
A summary of key statistics and facts.
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From U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Not in My Family: African Americans Tell Their Stories About HIV in New Book (May 14, 2008)
From The Body
- HIV/AIDS and African Americans (January 22, 2008)
From Office of Minority Health
- Graduates of "HIV U" Prepare to Fight HIV in African-American Communities (June 18, 2007)
From Black AIDS Institute
- Fighting HIV Among African Americans: A Heightened National Response (March 2007)
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From U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- 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
- HIV/AIDS Among Minority Women (December 2005)
A summary of key statistics with a plan to mobilize against HIV.
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From U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- 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
- HIV Infection in Minority Populations (August 2003)
From U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
- 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
- Children of the Epidemic (April/May 2002)
The impact of HIV on young gay men of color.
In Positive Living, from AIDS Project Los Angeles
- At Risk: Young, Minority, and Lesbian Women (January/February 2002)
By the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
- Policy Facts: Communities of Color and HIV/AIDS (January 2002)
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From AIDS Action Council
- Impact of HIV on Women and Communities of Color (Summer 2001)
In STEP Perspective, from Seattle Treatment Education Project
- A Bridge to Common Experiences (February 19, 2001)
In The 2001 National Conference on African Americans and AIDS, from The Body PRO
- HIV/AIDS Among US Women: Minority and Young Women at Continuing Risk (January 31, 2001)
From U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- 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
- Concern About AIDS in Minority Communities (December 1995)
In FDA Consumer, from U.S. Food and Drug Administration
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