http://blog.aac.org A Blog Devoted to Stopping the HIV/AIDS Epidemic Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:19:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The following article also appears in Bay Windows, New England's Largest GLBT Newspaper. First the good news: Last week, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) did something that would have been unthinkable a mere 12 months earlier: it analyzed the rates of new HIV and syphilis infections based on population size, ... http://blog.aac.org/index.php/2010/03/17/hivaids-isnt-over/ The devastating earthquake in Haiti had many people and organizations wondering, "What can we do to help?" Immediately AIDS Action Committee began encouraging our donors and networks to contribute to relief organizations with direct access to Haiti and a history of effectiveness in crisis response -- especially Partners in Health, ... http://blog.aac.org/index.php/2010/03/16/aids-actions-leela-strong-lends-a-hand-in-haiti/ The following is an excerpt from a blog post by Donna Crews, originally posted on March 10, 2010 (National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day) at the Human Rights Campaign's blog, "HRC Back Story". Crews is the Director of Government Affairs at AIDS Action Council, a national HIV/AIDS advocacy organization ... http://blog.aac.org/index.php/2010/03/15/cross-post-how-my-daughter-became-an-hivaids-activist/ AIDS Action's Committee's Deputy Director of Programs, Sophie Godley, will receive the Gail H. Douglas Award for Excellence in Public Health Practice from the Boston University School of Publich Health (BUSPH) at a ceremony on April 14, 2010. Students, faculty and administration at BUSPH selected Sophie for her years of service ... http://blog.aac.org/index.php/2010/03/12/aacs-sophie-godley-receives-public-health-award-from-boston-university/ The information found in this post is based on resources available on the “Doctor-patient relationship” web page of AIDS Action Committee’s HIV Health Library. An HIV diagnosis may change the way you look at the world. You may feel desperate, unsure about what to do next. At this time, it is ... http://blog.aac.org/index.php/2010/03/11/working-with-your-doctor-as-an-hiv-positive-person/ Statement from AIDS Action Committee of MA, Inc.  For Immediate Release March 10, 2010 Contact: Paul Twitchell, 617-450-1215, ptwitchell@aac.org Keith Orr, 617.777.4134, korr@aac.org The 2010 National STD Prevention Conference, held in Atlanta, Georgia, is releasing new findings on the rates of HIV and syphilis among gay men. While all of us working on HIV/AIDS and other ... http://blog.aac.org/index.php/2010/03/10/new-cdc-numbers-show-high-hiv-and-syphilis-rates-among-gay-and-bisexual-men/ For Immediate Release March 2, 2010 Contact: Paul Twitchell, ptwitchell@aac.org, 617-450-1215 (BOSTON, MA) -- In an historic move designed to improve services for those infected, affected and at risk for HIV/AIDS, the boards of AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts, Inc. (AAC) and Cambridge Cares About AIDS (CCA) have voted to merge their organizations into a single ... http://blog.aac.org/index.php/2010/03/02/aids-action-and-cambridge-cares-about-aids-to-merge/ Wednesday, March 10, 2010 is National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. Nearly 1 in 4 Americans living with HIV today are women, and HIV/AIDS is the leading cause of death among African-American women aged 25-34. AIDS Action’s Healing Our Community Collaborative (HOCC) is holding a special session of its monthly ... http://blog.aac.org/index.php/2010/03/01/march-8th-event-to-honor-women-living-with-hivaids/ Last month, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) issued a major report, “Hepatitis and Liver Cancer: A National Strategy for the Prevention and Control of Hepatitis B and C,” focusing on the scope and impact of viral hepatitis and associated liver disease in the United States. Between 3.5 and 5.3 million ... http://blog.aac.org/index.php/2010/02/22/recent-iom-report-calls-for-national-strategy-to-prevent-and-control-hepatitis-b-and-c/ On Thursday, February 18, 2010, AIDS Action Committee will offer a legal clinic for Haitians interested in applying for Temporary Protected Status, which would allow them to live and work in the United States for a period of time. The clinic will start at 6pm and be held at the Great Hall ... http://blog.aac.org/index.php/2010/02/11/aids-action-hosting-off-site-legal-clinic-for-haitians/