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Harm Reduction in Black is an  AFROCENTRIC Program Design. Harm Reduction is a philosophy of public health, intended to be a progressive alternative to the prohibition of certain lifestyle choices. The central idea of harm reduction is the recognition that some people always have and always will engage in behaviors which carry risks, such as casual sex, prostitution, and drug use. Check out our other website which provides a safe forum for the exchange of information, ideas and strategies for incorporating harm reduction into direct services, public policy and individual lives.

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August
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CDC Report: AIDS Is a Black - and Poor - Disease - New America Media

CDC Report: AIDS Is a Black - and Poor - Disease - New America Media.
Phill Wilson, president and CEO of the Black AIDS Institute, has good reasons for describing AIDS as a Black disease. Although Blacks are 12.8 percent of the U.S. population, they represent 45 percent of all people infected each year with HIV, [...]

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August
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Disparities in Cocaine Sentences Finally Reduced - New America Media

WASHNGTON D.C. — The House of Representatives passed a landmark bill Wednesday that reduces decades-old disparities in crack and powder cocaine prison sentencing that resulted in the disproportionate incarceration of blacks.
By voice vote, House Democrats and Republicans acknowledged the racial injustice of a 1986 law that established mandatory minimum sentencing rates for possession of crack [...]

20
July
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Gel ‘Significant Advance’ in Curbing HIV Risk for Women

Study Reveals Potential Breakthrough for Reducing HIV Among Women | PBS NewsHour | July 20, 2010 | PBS.

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July
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Bill Gates: Building on Success: A Roadmap for HIV Prevention

Im honored to speak at the XVIII International AIDS Conference in Vienna today. This conference marks an important turning point in the fight against AIDS.
There are good reasons to be hopeful — we have seen amazing progress. The number of people getting treatment for AIDS has increased 12-fold since 2003. The people at this conference [...]