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...
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...
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, October 11, 2017 – National Latinx AIDS Awareness Day (NLAAD), is held each year on the last day of Hispanic Heritage Month, on October 15. This year NLAAD had a gigantic success mobilizing communities and engaging both social and mainstream media outlets to highlight the impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic among Hispanic/Latino...
As part of this year’s NLAAD campaign “Be a Superhero. Defeat HIV”, we have secured a donation of HIV testing kits for the organizations that require them for NLAAD events, through partnership with ALERE and ORASURE. These test kits are available now, and in order to obtain a set of 25 kits (ALERE) or a...
New York, September 22, 2017— On October 15 the U.S. commemorates National Latinx AIDS Awareness (NLAAD), an opportunity to bring together Latino communities, Latino service providers and organizations providing services to Latinos throughout the U.S. under one theme: “Be a Superhero. Defeat HIV.” This year’s theme is around superheroes. Why? To give a message that...
One of Latino Commission on AIDS’ very own, Socrates Ruben Cabrera shares his story not only as a PrEP patient but also as a person who has become a strong advocate for PrEP users in Latino and Spanish speaking communities through his work at Oasis, Latino LGBTS Wellness Center-program of the Latino Commission on AIDS....
With a smile and a handwritten message, Dustin Thompson told the world that he has HIV. Or at least the 1,850 Twitter followers of AIDS Services Foundation Orange County. In the photo tweeted two weeks ago, Thompson, 34, holds a whiteboard emblazoned with #ImPositive and his own words: “I am positive and I am not...
