Community-based organizations: Have you asked your transgender clients/prevention participants to complete the Transgender Health Initiative Survey (T.H.I.S) yet? T.H.I.S. addresses the HIV prevention, HIV care and overall health care needs of the transgender community in Virginia, including questions regarding health status, ability to access health care, violence, substance abuse, housing, employment, and HIV/AIDS. [...]

This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) focuses on studies that will elucidate the factors that determine HIV shedding in the male genital tract. This includes studies that elucidate the infectivity of HIV in semen fractions, the effect of antiretroviral therapy on HIV infectivity in semen fractions, the relationship between the immunobiology of the male genital tract [...]

BET (Black Entertainment Television, www.bet.com ),
the Black AIDS Institute ( www.blackaids.org/ ),
and the Kaiser Family Foundation ( www.kff.org/ )
have announced the 3rd Annual Rap-It-Up/Black AIDS Short
Subject Film Competition.
The competition provides a platform to creatively explore
issues around HIV/AIDS in African-American, Afro-Caribbean,
and Afro-Latin communities in the U.S., including stigma
and [...]

The Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals (JOLI) program is authorized under Section 505 of the Family Support Act of 1988, Public Law 100-485, as amended by Section 112 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, Public Law 104-193, as amended. The Family Support Act of 1988 authorizes the Secretary of the [...]

CDC’s Procurement and Grants Office has published a new funding opportunity entitled, “Strategies for Identifying At-Risk African American Men Who Have Sex With Men (MSM) Who Are Unaware of Their HIV Status.” Approximately, $1,000,000 will be available in FY2006 to fund four awards to conduct research that will evaluate the relative effectiveness of four strategies; [...]