HIV Then & Now
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The digital journal, scrapbook, photo album and video library to document the past 30 plus years of the HIV epidemic. Whether you are HIV positive yourself, have a loved one who is positive or who has died from complications of HIV infection or you work/volunteer or have worked/volunteered for an HIV related organization – this is your space. Add your story in words, pictures or video.
HIV Then & Now
2M ago
Hydeia Broadbent, a prominent HIV/AIDS activist, dies at 39 — NPR
HIV lost an amazing advocate - since childhood she was an outspoken activist who opened a lot of people’s eyes especially in the early years of the epidemic. May she be at peace now ..read more
HIV Then & Now
3y ago
Lessons from 40 years of HIV/AIDS
Dr Curran has played such an integral role in the past 40 years of the HIV/AIDS epidemic ..read more
HIV Then & Now
3y ago
https://www.hiv.gov/blog/i-am-long-term-survivor-hiv
I Am a Long-term Survivor of HIV
Awesome to have a champion like this in the government helping to direct HIV funding and policies. Today (June 5) marks 40 years since the first report of what we know now as AIDS ..read more
HIV Then & Now
3y ago
To commemorate 40 years since the publication of the June 1981 MMWR article on the strange disease that we now know as #AIDS, here is a #1988 #AmFAR and #AdCouncil AIDS Awareness poster ..read more
HIV Then & Now
3y ago
https://www.poz.com/article/meet-new-leader-federal-hiv-prevention-efforts#search-query=Cdc%20hiv%20prevention%20director
Meet the “Queer Health Warrior” Who’ll Lead Federal HIV Prevention Efforts
Nice move CDC ..read more
HIV Then & Now
3y ago
Leanza Cornett, former Miss America, dies at 49
She was one of the first “mainstream” personalities to embrace HIV/AIDS. Choosing AIDS awareness as her Miss America platform in 1993 was a bold move ..read more