Category Archives: Research
Blacks Disproportionately Affected by HIV/AIDS in the South
February 7, 2013: Today is National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NBHAAD) and this year’s theme is “I am my Brother/Sister’s Keeper: Fight HIV/AIDS.” NBHAAD is focused on getting people educated, tested, involved and treated. In the South, African Americans are disproportionately affected by HIV/AIDS. In Alabama, … Continue reading
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Tagged African American, AIDS, Black, Health, HIV, NBHAAD, South
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New CDC Paper Provides Further Documentation of High HIV Burden in the Southeastern United States
HIV Diagnoses and Prevalence in the Southern Region of the United States, 2007-2010, a new paper published in the Journal of Community Health by CDC authors documents the high HIV burden borne by the Southeastern United States. According to the paper, … Continue reading
Funding for HIV Care: SASI’s Findings
SASI Update-The Continuing HIV Crisis in the US South, commissioned by SASI and compiled by the Duke Center for Health Policy and Inequalities Research, contained an in-depth analysis of HIV care and prevention funding to the South* and the 9 … Continue reading
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Tagged ADAP, AIDS, CDC, HIV, Medicaid, Ryan White, SASI, South, Southeast, State of the South Task Force
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World AIDS Day 2012: SASI Releases New Report
The Southeastern United States continues to experience the highest rate of new HIV/AIDS infections in the country confirms a new report, SASI Update-The Continuing HIV Crisis in the US South. This report highlights 9 targeted southern states that have been … Continue reading
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Tagged AIDS, HIV, SASI, South, Southeast, State of the South Task Force, WAD
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The Epicenter of HIV Diagnoses: Examining the HIV/AIDS Crisis in the Southern U.S.
Source: AIDS United
SASI releases new report, “SASI Update – The Continuing HIV Crisis in the South”
November 28, 2012: SASI has released a new report SASI Update-The Continuing HIV Crisis in the US South—an update to last year’s report that highlights the continued disproportionate effect of HIV in the US South. Click here to read SASI’s press release, calling … Continue reading
SASI’s Report Cited in the FCAA/EFG Report, “U.S. and European Philanthropic Support to Address HIV/AIDS in 2011”
November 9, 2012: SASI’s report was recently cited in the report, U.S. and European Philanthropic Support to Address HIV/AIDS in 2011, by Funders Concerned About AIDS (FCAA) and the European HIV/AIDS Funders Group (EFG). This report highlights the gaps in the South, which has the highest rate … Continue reading
SASI applauds Minority AIDS Initiative Funds awarded to Improve HIV Testing and Engagement in Care
September 28, 2012: Dr. Ronald Valdiserri, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, Infectious Diseases at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced that 8 states, including 6 southern states (GA, LA, MS, NC, TN, VA), were awarded $14.2 million … Continue reading
Two-year study in Southeastern U.S. finds one-quarter of adult HIV patients were sexually abused as children
HIV and the Long Tail of Child Sexual Abuse: Duke University researchers in collaboration with researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Appalachian State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill found that one in four … Continue reading
SASI Releases Comprehensive Report on the HIV Epidemic in the South: Calls for Immediate and Increased Federal HIV/AIDS Resources to the South
Durham, N.C. –The Southeastern United States is experiencing the highest rate of new HIV/AIDS infections confirms a comprehensive research report, “HIV/AIDS Epidemic in the South Reaches Crisis Proportions in Last Decade” released Thursday by the Southern HIV/AIDS Strategy Initiative (SASI). The report … Continue reading
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