08-28-2013As I ve discussed in an earlier post, troubling hepatitis C disparities persist in the African American community:African Americans are twice as likely to ha...
Christopher Bates, M.P.A., Senior Advisor to the Director, Office of HIV/AIDS and Infectious Disease Policy, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Putting the Spotlight on Hepatitis C in the African American Community Addressing Hepatitis C Disparities in the African American Community 02-28-2013The first step to reducing this disparity in the African American community is increasing awareness about hepatitis C:Hepatitis C is a liver disease caused by..…African Americans and the National HIV/AIDS Strategy 02-22-2012U.S. Conference on AIDS – Highlights of the Final Day 11-16-2011Sunday s closing plenary session looked forward to some significant opportunities for the HIV/AIDS movement in the near future, including applying recent sci...U.S. Conference on AIDS – Highlights of Day 1 11-11-2011Perspectives from Missouri 04-27-2011National HIV/AIDS Strategy Key Issue at January PACHA Meeting 02-16-2011Much of the recent meeting of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA) focused on implementing the National HIV/AIDS Strategy. The Strategy asks PA…President Obama Signs the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009 10-31-2009Today President Obama signed the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009. In his remarks at the signing, the President said, “over the past 19…