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...
A new Spanish-language PrEP campaign has launched to raise awareness about the HIV prevention pill in Latino communities. Viva PrEP, developed by San Francisco-based Instituto Familiar de la Raza, features street and public transportation ads and a Spanish-language website, http://www.vivaprep.org. “Solutions for the Latino community must be driven by the community itself,” said IFR Executive...
“I’m on the pill,” declares a woman as she looks directly at the camera in the commercial. A transgender woman repeats the line as do two men after her. Finally a third man adds, “But it’s not birth control.” As frequent POZ readers have surely figured out, the actors in this campaign are talking about...
Dr. Oni Blackstock, Assistant Commissioner of the Bureau of HIV, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; Jésica Mendoza, PrEP User; Yasbert Soberal, PrEP User; Guillermo Chacon, President of the Latino Commission on AIDS and founder of the Hispanic Health Network; Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, Deputy Commissioner for the Division of Disease Control at the NYC...
South Florida has long been known as a high-risk area for HIV, with Miami and Fort Lauderdale leading the country in new HIV infection rates. But why has HIV spread so rampantly across South Florida compared to other parts of the country? Here are five factors that may be playing into the region’s HIV crisis,...
The U.S. Latino community faces an HIV/AIDS crisis, but chances are, you didn’t know it. Over the past years, the estimated rate of new HIV infections overall in the U.S. has fallen steadily — together with public concern. Highly effective prevention and treatment for HIV-positive individuals have led the way. But while much progress has...
A recent breakthrough in HIV treatment is making the virus nearly undetectable.The “U equals U” campaign started about two years ago, and it is a huge step in wiping out HIV. According to the Centers for Disease Control, “People who take ART daily as prescribed and achieve and maintain an undetectable viral load have effectively...
New York, NY. Monday, December 11th, 2017. Today, the Latino Commission on AIDS and the Hispanic Health Network released our Latinas and HIV in NYC Health Brief. Members of multiple programs and departments of the Latino Commission on AIDS worked to develop this important brief, led by Gabriela S. Betancourt, MA, MPH, Deputy Director of...
