hiv aids

(University of Miami) El Centro, at the University of Miami School of Nursing and Health Studies, has received a $225,000 grant by its sponsor, the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities of the National Institutes of Health.

These funds will support a regional seminar series on health disparities related to HIV/AIDS, substance abuse, and family and intimate partner violence.

(Public Library of Science) According to a new analysis published Sep. 24 in the open-access journal PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, neglected tropical diseases as a group may have surpassed HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria as the most prevalent infectious diseases in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Cable pioneer John Evans recognizes cable industry’s efforts to combat HIV/AIDS while accepting Lifetime Achievement Award for Public Service from Institute of Human Virology at University of Maryland School of Medicine.

Training community members such as barbers as peer educators can be an effective way of spreading information on HIV/AIDS throughout low-literacy, rural communities, say findings published this week in the open access journal Human Resources for Health.

The Zonta Club of Essex County is honoring Rutgers College of Nursing faculty member Rachel Jones as its Woman of the Year for her HIV/AIDS research at its Annual Scholarship Brunch at the Sheraton Newark Airport on April 27.

New York -- Cable Positive, the cable industry's nonprofit AIDS-action organization, held its annual Power Awards benefit dinner Tuesday night at the Marriott Marquis here, where it recognized three industry leaders in supporting HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention.