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Capacity Building Branch Announces CBA Directory
Monday, July 12, 2010
The Capacity Building Branch (CBB) in the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention (DHAP) of the National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP) is pleased to announce the launch of a multi-phased initiative to enhance and update the capacity building assistance (CBA) web portal...
USICH Releases Strategic Plan to End Homelessness
Monday, July 12, 2010

USICH is releasing the first comprehensive strategy to prevent and end homelessness, Opening Doors: The Federal Strategic Plan to prevent and End Homelessness. Opening Doors will serve as a road map for joint action by Council agencies to guide the development of programs and budget proposals towards a set of measurable targets. The HEARTH Act, signed...

Act Against AIDS First Year Highlights
Monday, June 28, 2010
In April, 2009, the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) and the White House announced a new national communication campaign, Act Against AIDS, designed to combat complacency about the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the United States. It is estimated that about 56,000 Americans become newly infected with HIV each year—and more than 14,000 people with HIV die. Act...
Latino Community Services' website featured by Nonprofit MediaWorks
Tuesday, June 22, 2010

On June 9th, Nonprofit MediaWorks posted an article on its website featuring several nonprofit organizations with innovative websites - including Latino Community Services! 

Check out the article here: http://www.nonprofitmediaworks.com/

New Fact Sheet Added: HIV in the United States
Monday, June 14, 2010

The newest fact sheet from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on HIV in the United States has been added to the Latino Community Services website in the "Frequently Asked Questions" section.  This section of the website answers basic questions on HIV/AIDS, Latinos and HIV/AIDS and Latino Community Services.  Please visit the page at: ...

No Changes in Restrictions on Gay Blood Donors
Saturday, June 12, 2010

A federal policy that bans blood donations from men who have sex with men (MSM) should remain essentially unchanged, a federal advisory panel to the US Food and Drug Administration voted Friday in a 9-6 decision.

At the same time, the panel made several recommendations that could clear the way for a relaxing of the lifetime prohibition. The panel's proposals are non-binding and now go...

HIV Infection Rates Rising Among Minority Youth
Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Voluntary Health Screenings Being Offered at Educational Event June 24

Due to the alarming increase in HIV infection rates among young people of color, an informational event offering voluntary health screenings will be held Thursday, June 24, from 5 to 9 p.m. at the Educational Resource Center, 560 Hudson St., Hartford. The...

NMAC Commemorates the 2010 National Caribbean-American HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
The National Minority AIDS Council (NMAC) joins the nation in honoring the fifth annual National Caribbean-American HIV/...
House Acknowledges Housing's Role in HIV/AIDS Prevention and Healthcare
Thursday, May 27, 2010

WASHINGTON, DC, May 25, 2010 -- The U.S. House of Representatives yesterday adopted H. Con. Res. 137, expressing the sense of the Congress that the lack of adequate housing must be addressed as a barrier to effective HIV prevention, treatment and care, and that the United States should make a commitment to providing adequate funding for developing housing as a response to the AIDS...

Study Finds Condom Use Is Increasing
Thursday, May 27, 2010

The latest data from CDC's National Survey of Family Growth show that 99 percent of sexually experienced women ages 15 to 44 have used some form of contraception.

Contraceptive use at first premarital sex increased to 84 percent during 2006-08, compared with 56 percent before 1985. Much of this increase was related to condom use, which rose from 34 percent before 1985 to 72 percent in...

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