Archive for November, 2005

Governor-Elect Kaine’s Transportation Town Hall Meetings

Monday, November 14th, 2005

Good Monday Evening!
Often we hear “Transportation Services” when we are together in groups talking about the needs of persons living with HIV/AIDS.
Well — Governor-Elect Time Kaine is launching a series of meetings to hear from YOU — about transportation.
He could, and should, hear comments about the issues facing persons with chronic diseases (such as HIV/AIDS) [...]

Non-injection Drug Abuse and HIV/AIDS

Sunday, November 13th, 2005

The purpose of this program announcement with set-aside funds from the National Institute on Drug Abuse is to encourage drug abuse research that elucidates the contribution of non-injection drug abuse to the acquisition and/or transmission and/or disease progression of HIV/AIDS. Specifically, it seeks to: 1) investigate how, where, why, and among whom HIV/AIDS is [...]

Health Disparities in HIV/AIDS: Focus on African Americans

Sunday, November 13th, 2005

The purpose of this program announcement is to encourage drug abuse and mental health research to better understand the disparities in HIV/AIDS in minority populations, particularly among African Americans, who as a group, have experienced exceptionally high rates of new HIV infections and worse survival rates than other ethnic/racial groups in this country. Drug [...]

“I’m Fed Up!!”

Monday, November 7th, 2005

I bet you’ve heard your friends say that — maybe you’ve even been thinking that!!
“I’m fed up with all this mail and the phone calls that I’m getting from these candidates! I’m just not going to vote at all this year …. That’ll teach ‘em …”
But WAIT !!
Just what will it teach them ??
That [...]

Joint Commission on Health Care HIV/AIDS Study Released — Please Read and Contact the Commission Members!

Wednesday, November 2nd, 2005

On October 25, 2005 the Joint Commission on Health Care released the study report on the impact of federal funding for HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment in Virginia. The time frame for public comment is shorter than the usual.
Please review the study at legis.state.va.us/jchc/10.25.05HIVReport.pdf and write the Joint Commission members to inform them [...]