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  • Project Hospitality's HIV Testing Event in Staten Island - July 05
    Project Hospitality's HIV Testing Event in Staten Island - July 05
  • Project Hospitality's HIV Testing Event in Staten Island - July 05
    Project Hospitality's HIV Testing Event in Staten Island - July 05
  • Voces Latinas' Health Fair in Queens - July 08
    Voces Latinas' Health Fair in Queens - July 08
  • PARAR staff at the Immigrant Health Fair: Arbert Santana, Francisco Acurero, and Eduardo Pagan
    PARAR staff at the Immigrant Health Fair: Arbert Santana, Francisco Acurero, and Eduardo Pagan
    Juan David Gastolomendo
The Latino Commission on AIDS Urges Latinos and Latino Serving Providers to Speak Up!
The Office of National AIDS Policy is inviting community input to shape the National HIV/AIDS Strategy and New York’s Latino community must be present to ensure our voices are ... 
A Look at The Latino Population
The U.S. Census Bureau reported that the minority population reached an estimated 104.6 million -- or 34 percent of the nation's total population -- on July 1, 2008, compa... 
For Our Communities - We Are Present: The Latino Community and the National HIV/AIDS Strategy
We invite anyone involved in the fight against HIV/AIDS to participate in an English and Spanish language National Conference Call to ensure Latino voices are included in the d... 
Latino Commission on AIDS hosts first Deep South Planning Meeting in Charlotte, NC to address HIV/AIDS.
Hispanic populations have the fastest population growth rate of any community in the Southern United States. On November 9th & 10th, 2009, the Latino Commission on AIDS... 
Treat Early and Treat Hard
By Dennis deLeon, Esq.
Should doctors prescribe the medications the moment the patient tests positive for HIV or, as the U.S. government recommends, wait until the patient's immune system deteriorates to 350 CD4 cells ... 
What's Good for the Heart?
By Antonio E. Urbina, MD
There's a lot of confusing information out there about the risk of heart disease in people who are HIV-positive and the role that antiretroviral meds play in increasing this risk. The first class... 


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HIV Testing (EIS)
Free, Confidential HIV Rapid Testing. Results obtained in minutes. Pre and post test counseling session.
Instituto de Salud y Educación sobre Tratamientos
A four days training in Spanish about HIV/AIDS prevention, transmission, treatment, and related health topics.
Manos Unidas
Assisting community based orgs and health depts. in targeting, developing and sustaining hiv prevention programs for vulnerable populations.
Mpowerment
A peer and network based intervention targeting gay and bisexual men in the New York metro area.
NLAAD
National Latino AIDS Awareness Day promotes HIV testing and prevention education nationwide.
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Recent data about rates of infection in the Latino community in the U.S.
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