National HIV/AIDS Strategy

AIDS What you should know
Cynthia E. Griffin-  |   OW Managing Editor
Mar 8 2012

Blacks account for more than half of the disease sufferers

Thirty years after the HIV/AIDS epidemic was officially recognized by the United States medical establishment, the impact the disease has had on the African American community is profound.

In fact, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has described the situation as a crisis. Consider these facts:

1) Although Blacks represent only about 14 percent of the U.S. population, they account for almost half the people living with AIDS in the nation—46 percent, or an estimated 545,000 people.

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Aids walk LA 2010: Our future, our fight
Kianna Shann  |   OW Contributor
Oct 14 2010

Local young adults pull together to fight epidemic darkening our future

We are all too familiar with the statistics, can even recite them from memory. We know the preventative methods, and many of us have lost someone to the disease. Yet, many young adults still participate in the acts that can endanger their lives and decapitate our existence.

However, this year two growing companies rallied all their cohorts and decided to take a stand and join the battle against AIDS.

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A review of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS)
Cleo Manago
Jul 29 2010

Will it benefit Black people?

On Tuesday, July 13, President Barack Obama presented the National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS) for the United States.

According to his administration, the NHAS is a concise plan for moving the country forward in the fight against HIV and AIDS with three primary goals: Reducing the incidence of HIV; increasing access to care as well as optimizing health outcomes; and reducing HIV-related health disparities.

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Across Black America

Here’s a look at African American people and issues making headlines throughout the country.
 

Alabama
Freeman A. Hrabowski, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, will address the annual African American Business Council luncheon on June 28. Hrabowski, who is chairman of President Barack Obama’s Advisory Commission on Education Excellence for African Americans, has a national reputation for his work studying the performance of minority students in math and science. Hrabowski, named one of the 10 best college presidents in the country by Time magazine, was a child leader in the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham in the 1960s.
 

Arkansas
The Liberty Counsel filed a motion and a brief in United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas seeking to intervene on behalf of a Concepts of Life crisis pregnancy center to defend against a suit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Reproductive Rights. The groups seek to impose a permanent injunction before the Human Heartbeat Protection Act goes into effect July 18. Liberty Counsel also filed a brief opposing the ACLU’s request for an injunction. The “Heartbeat” bill states that when a woman seeks an abortion at or after the 12th week, doctors must test for a fetal heartbeat before an abortion is performed and inform the pregnant mother that the child in her womb has a heartbeat. If a heartbeat is detected, a woman cannot have an abortion, except in cases of rape, incest, and if a mother’s life is in danger. “As we promised when the legislation was introduced, Liberty Counsel will defend this law without reservation for the people of Arkansas, born and pre-born,” said Matt Staver, founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel. “No right is more foundational than the right to life. Without life, all other rights are irrelevant,” concluded Staver.

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