New video series more than AIDS gives voice to trans women high rates of HIV face in their community heterogeneous group of women Trans Op...
New video series more than AIDS gives voice to trans women high rates of HIV face in their community
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Menlo Park, Calif. - If the intensification of the dialogue about transgender issues and has been the impact of HIV in the community are largely absent. trans women are among today who are at high risk of contracting HIV. The CDC estimates that one in four women in the US with HIV trans, trans women live and between black is in two parts.
In response to these damning statistics and vulnerability of trans women, more than AIDS is introducing a new video series that gives voice to transsexual women, their own story to share on HIV, both the impact and the response that we need ,
Produced by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Center UCSF excellence Transgender Health, funded by the program of positive action ViiV Healthcare, Trans driven women and HIV is the social stigma that many women Transgender face and promotes equity, the health and well ~~ POS = improve TRUNC.
"We have come a long way. We need more living in the shadows, but we still have much work to do. We are not yet where we need to be in terms of HIV and its impact on the trans-women," Joanne said Keatley, RSU, director, UCSF Center of Excellence for transgender Health, published and informed the campaign. "With this video series, we take a big step forward as a community to bring these problems to light."
Anchored by an intimate and stimulating discussions, a diverse group of trans women, some of whom are living with HIV and others, the hard times of the diagnostic measures are not, disclosure, discrimination and loss of friends and relatives triumph research professionals from the Art -affirming of Health to learn for the treatment of HIV PrEP and safe transition.
"This campaign is a wake-up call for community health care to the need for care and services when dealing with high rates of HIV among women kind of trans-confirmation," said Tina Hoff, senior vice president, media associations and health communications, Kaiser Family Foundation. "Prevention and treatment of HIV should not be in the way of life as the true authentic self."
"The campaign supports trans women in a way that is meaningful to them and to ensure that these important issues relating to their welfare, including HIV, they may be declared open and discussed. As a society we are proud of this to support innovative program which. for all patients at risk or affected by HIV. "said Michael Joyner, Director of positive measures voice to trans-women, as an important part of our commitment is for MSM and transgender program
The campaign will be presented at the next International AIDS Conference in Durban, South Africa (July 18-22), includes for the first time a preconference Trans (July 17.).
For more information about the campaign, a number of community - includes tools, go to empowered.greaterthan.org and the complete series go youtube.com/greaterthanaids seen.
On more than AIDS
Public information Response - - Greater than AIDS a top is concentrated epidemic Kaiser Foundation HIV / AIDS families through targeted media campaigns and community outreach, more than AIDS and its partners awareness work to raise and fight stigma and - plan on the US. direct action to promote to reduce the spread of HIV.
About the Kaiser Family Foundation
The Kaiser Family Foundation, a leader in the analysis of health policy, journalism and health communications company, is dedicated to the need for a reliable and independent information on the major health problems facing our nation and to meet his people. The Foundation is a private charitable foundation headquartered in Menlo Park, California.
About the Centre of Excellence for the health of transgender UCSF
The competence center for the health of transgender - people work to improve the overall health and well - being of transgender persons through the development and implementation of programs in response to the needs of the community identified. The Euro Europe combines the strengths and resources of the institution, the training and capacity building at the national level acknowledged the Pacific AIDS Education and Training Center (PAETC) and an internationally recognized leader in research on HIV - prevention, Centre for the Study of AIDS - prevention (CAPS), both of which are housed at the University of California in San Francisco.
About ViiV Healthcare Positive Action Programme
Positive action works with the communities most vulnerable to HIV - infection, including girls, adolescents and women, sex workers, homosexuals, men who have sex with men (MSM) have, transgender, injecting drug users (IDU), without - protection and prisoners. Our projects range through education, prevention, care and treatment - related activities, such as information on the treatment and / commitment to the clinical community.
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