Upcoming Webinar on Reproductive and Sexual Health, Including HIV Initiatives
The following is an announcement for an upcoming webinar on reproductive and sexual health, especially as they relate to Healthy People 2020 goals … More The post Upcoming Webinar on Reproductive and...
View ArticleWant to Help Make History? Join Us in Demanding Female Condoms!
by Anna Forbes Have you ever been part of an attempt to set a new record in the “Guinness Book of World Records”? … More The post Want to Help Make History? Join Us in Demanding Female Condoms!...
View ArticleHIV and Black Women
PBS’s FRONTLINE recently aired “ENDGAME: AIDS in Black America,” which looks at disproportionate rates of HIV infection among Black Americans and related factors, … More The post HIV and Black Women...
View ArticleToday is Global Female Condom Day!
Today is the first ever Global Female Condom Day, intended to help raise awareness of the female condom as an option for pregnancy … More The post Today is Global Female Condom Day! appeared first on...
View ArticleFrom Prevention to Palliative Care: Changing the Face of HIV/AIDS Outreach in...
By Eyitemi Mogbeyiteren In 2011, three members of our outreach team were kidnapped in the Delta State of Nigeria. We were held captive … More The post From Prevention to Palliative Care: Changing the...
View ArticleHIV/AIDS Policy and Prevention Cannot Succeed if Sex Workers Are Stigmatized
by Anna Forbes In a ruling praised by organizations working on HIV/AIDS policy and prevention, the U.S. Supreme Court last week struck down … More The post HIV/AIDS Policy and Prevention Cannot Succeed...
View Article#AIDS2016 Reveals A New Way for Women to Protect Themselves Against HIV
A newly developed vaginal ring that releases a continuous flow of an anti-HIV drug significantly reduces a woman’s risk of contracting HIV. More The post #AIDS2016 Reveals A New Way for Women to...
View ArticleA Farewell to Abstinence and Fidelity: Comments on the 2016 Political...
Mikaela Hildebrand, part of the official Swedish government delegation at the 2016 U.N. General Assembly High Level Meeting on AIDS, discusses the significance of the United Nations' Political...
View ArticleRefusing to Be Silenced: Federal Gag Rule an Active Threat to All Who Care...
by Anna Forbes On April 23, Judge Michael McShane of Federal District Court in Oregon issued a preliminary injunction against a federal “gag rule” written to forbid health care providers from even...
View ArticleIn the Fight Against HIV, Gendered Assumptions Have Deadly Consequences
By Charlotte Babbin In October 2019, the FDA approval of the new HIV-prevention drug Descovy was met with great excitement by doctors, HIV researchers, and many people at risk of HIV infection. Descovy...
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