In a major step forward for HIV vaccine research, the U.S. research agency will partner with a pharmaceutical company on a large-scale, advanced-stage clinical study on an HIV vaccine. If the trial is successful, the vaccine may become the first ever to be approved for HIV prevention. But the rise of PrEP has created unexpected...
Positively Aware‘s “A Day with HIV” anti-stigma photo campaign is taking place today. The campaign captures 24 hours in the lives of people affected by HIV stigma, which impacts everyone regardless of age, race, or status. The social media-driven campaign, now in its tenth year, is an opportunity for people to share a moment of their...
Via a Spanish translator, Daniel speaks carefully, his asylum case in mind. The 45-year-old gay man, who says he was diagnosed with HIV in 2010, recounts how he came to Miami from Caracas, Venezuela, on a tourist visa last year and immediately filed an asylum claim, saying he felt endangered as a gay man in...
Judith Montenegro, Program Director for Latinos in the Deep South, a program of Latino Commission on AIDS (LCOA) Q: You have been working on the Latinos in the Deep South program for the Latino Commission on AIDS for almost six years. What motivated you to get involved in this work? I grew up in the South,...
Luis (Beto) Mares, LMSW, National Community Mobilization Director for Latino Commission On AIDS (LCOA) Q: You have been organizing the Latino Commission on AIDS (LCOA)’s awareness day activities for a little over a year and working in the HIV field for even longer. What motivated you to get involved in this work? I started working...
New York, NY, October 11, 2018 – National Latinx AIDS Awareness Day (NLAAD), is held each year on the last day of Hispanic Heritage Month, on October 15. This year’s NLAAD is being successful in mobilizing communities to highlight the impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic among Hispanic/Latino communities. NLAAD promotes local, regional and national collaborative...
