Black AIDS Institute Promotes PrEP Education for National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
February 05, 2014 - The Black AIDS Institute has partnered with HIV Prevention
Trials Network (HPTN) and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Region IV office to support the Institute's Black Treatment
Advocates Networks(BTAN) in providing PrEP education in recognition of National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. The Institute's
goal is to ensure that Black communities have access to all HIV prevention tools such as PrEP information, education,
and knowledge of local PrEP resources. "We have the tools to end the AIDS epidemic, the question is no longer
CAN we but WILL we end the epidemic"- Phill Wilson, CEO Black AIDS Institute.
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About The Black AIDS Institute
Founded in May of 1999, the Black AIDS Institute is the only national HIV/AIDS think tank focused exclusively on Black people. The Institute's
Mission is to stop the AIDS pandemic in Black communities by engaging and mobilizing Black institutions and individuals in efforts to
confront HIV. The Institute interprets public and private sector HIV policies, conducts trainings, offers technical assistance,
disseminates information and provides advocacy mobilization from a uniquely and unapologetically Black point of view.
Our motto describes a commitment to self-preservation: "Our People, Our Problem, Our Solution." www.blackaids.org
Contact:
Leisha McKinley-Beach
Director of Stakeholder Engagement and Technical Assistance
The Black AIDS Institute
1833 West 8th Street #200
Los Angeles, CA 90057-4920
Phone: 213-353-3610
Fax: 213-989-0181
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