First celebrated in 1988, World AIDS Day, the first global health day, is observed every year on Dec. 1 as a time to both bring awareness to the disease and honor those who have died as a result of it while also supporting individuals currently living with HIV.
When you see a doctor, they’ll run dozens of tests without you asking – but if you want an HIV test, you have to ask.
Go on a journey with Anna DeShawn to explore the history, economics, and culture of HIV/AIDS in the Black community
Vanessa Johnson is a lawyer who has founded countless organizations dedicated to helping women impacted by HIV/AIDS.
Creative duo Anna DeShawn and Duane Cramer have teamed up to create their new podcast, 'Black HIV in the South: How Did We Get Here?'
Medical researchers have been fascinated by two individuals who have evidently beat back the virus
(Chicago Tribune) — Kathy Jacobs-McLoyd didn’t expect to fall in love with someone with HIV. But when the man she had recently spent time volunteering with in Kenya sent her a six-page love letter, she opened up to the possibilities. “One day early on, I turned to look at you or say something and my heart just […]
By Brittany Hutson Originally regarded as a gay white man’s disease in the early 1980s, nearly three decades later it is the Black community that has been hit the hardest by HIV and AIDS. Despite continuous messages of awareness and prevention, Blacks, who represent 12 percent of the U.S. population, accounted for nearly 46 percent […]
(The Root) — Dec. 1 marks the 22nd anniversary of World AIDS Day. This year’s theme — universal access and human rights — underscores the need for prevention and treatment for all people around the world. Yet in light of recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports, most black Americans are focused on the increasingly […]
By Brittany Hutson Is there a celebrity that you admire so much you’d be willing to buy their life? This is the question that Grammy-Award winning singer and philanthropist Alicia Keys seeks to answer with the launch of a new campaign called Digital Life Sacrifice on behalf of her charity, Keep a Child Alive. In […]
(Media For Freedom) — The National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS (NBLCA), in collaboration with the Black Leadership Commission on AIDS of New York City and other national organizations and local leaders, is hosting a community meeting to elicit input and recommendations on the National HIV/AIDS Strategy. The groups aim to ensure that President Barack Obama’s strategy adequately […]