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A Change for HIV-Positive Individuals on Medicaid New York State is mandating that most HIV-positive Medicaid beneficiaries move into a managed care plan – a positive outcome for people living with AIDS. Erie County and other larger counties have contracted with New York Medicaid Choice to handle the transition. Niagara County, like most other smaller counties, depends on our County Social Services Department to handle this. You can learn more about the new process by following the above link. |
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HIV/AIDS Is a Crisis for African-Americans New HIV diagnoses are 15 times higher for black women than for white women, and more than 6 times higher for black men than for white men. To learn more about how the virus has become one of the biggest public health problems facing the black community locally and nationally, and what people need to protect themselves, click the headline above. |
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Women and Girls Face Special Vulnerability Female physiology leaves women twice as likely as men to acquire HIV through heterosexual sex. About a third of Western New Yorkers living with HIV/AIDS are women – a bigger proportion than the national average. And the vast majority of them acquired the virus through heterosexual activity. Find out how women can protect themselves by clicking on the headline above. |
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Less than one-half of 1% of Americans carry the HIV virus, but about 12% of men who have sex with men do. Although HIV/AIDS affects far more than the gay population, gay men still account for about half of all new HIV diagnoses. To learn the risk factors and how to avoid them, click the headline above. |
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Age Is No Defense Against HIV/AIDS HIV/AIDS is not something that impacts only the young or the gay. It is becoming a bigger factor for people aged 50 and up as Baby Boomers age, get divorced or become widowed and start dating again. And for people who have been living with HIV for years, new health issues are arising as they grow older with the virus. Click the headline above to learn more. |
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Sometime in the 1930s a form of simian immundodeficiency virus jumped to humans in central Africa. For nearly 50 years, HIV pretty much escaped attention of the industrialized West. Then in the summer of 1981, the Centers for Disease Control reports clusters of Kaposi's sarcoma and Pneumocystis pneumonia among gay men in California and New York City. By the end of the year, 121 people are known to have died from AIDS. This Global HIV/AIDS Timeline from the Kaiser Family Foundation traces the history of the epidemic.
30 Years of AIDS in Niagara County In the 3 decades of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, 1.7 million Americans have contracted the virus, including more than 2,700 Western New Yorkers and at least 265 people in Niagara County. Despite widespread efforts to prevent the virus from spreading, there are always new victims. In 2008, the latest year for which statistics are available, 10 new HIV cases were reported in Niagara County. Click here to learn more about 30 years of AIDS in Niagara County. |
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HIV/AIDS Is a Protected Disability People living with HIV/AIDS are covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act. That means they have federal civil rights protections in public accommodations, employment, and state and local government services. You can click on the headline above to link to a new Department of Justice web page that provides important information and resources about fighting HIV/AIDS-related discrimination. From the site, users can also file a discrimination complaint and obtain ADA technical assistance materials related to HIV/AIDS. |
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Fast Car: Travelling Safely Around the World "Fast Car: Travelling Safely Around the World" is a free computer racing game developed for UNESCO that helps you learn about HIV/AIDS prevention. Players can race on circuits on five continents and virtually visit some of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites as they zoom by. Along the way, there are checkpoints at which players can earn extra game time by correctly answering questions about HIV/AIDS. |
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Facts About HIV/AIDS. Whether you're new to HIV or already an expert, there is always more to know. In fact, there's so much to learn about HIV that it can seem overwhelming. But that's what we're here for. Use this page as a starting point for learning everything you need to know about HIV. |
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How Much Do You Know About HIV/AIDS? Take this quiz to find out if you are knowledgeable about the basics of HIV / AIDS. |
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Jimmy Rowe, NCATF World AIDS Day Speech, December 1, 2010. Rev. Jimmy Rowe’s speech opening the 2010 NCATF World AIDS Day observavion. |
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This is a recent journal article from the current Chairperson of the Niagara County AIDS Task Force, the Rev. Jimmy Rowe. |
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Jimmy Rowe, HIV/AIDS and the Black Church: Are We the Problem or the Solution?, H&D, Num. 4, 2005. This is a recent journal article from the current Chairperson of the Niagara County AIDS Task Force, the Rev. Jimmy Rowe. |
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This is a recent journal article from the current Chairperson of the Niagara County AIDS Task Force, the Rev. Jimmy Rowe. |
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HIV 101, Understanding the Basics: Celebrating National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. Presentation by Ava White, with GROUP Ministries, Inc. Buffalo, NY from the NCATF National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day on March 10, 2011. |
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Accessing Healthcare and other Community Resources. Presentation by Renee Cadzow, PhD, Assistant Research Professor, Primary Care Research Institute, Dept. of Family Medicine State University of New York at Buffalo, Evaluation Director, New York State Area Health Education Center System (NYS AHEC) from the NCATF National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day on March 10, 2011. |
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This manual is designed to provide instruction for high school students to become involved with the activities of World AIDS Day, which is commemorated every year on December 1, and to increase students’ awareness of HIV/AIDS prevention. Researched for the Niagara County AIDS Task Force by: Laura Sorenson & Katie Beth Halloran, students at Williamsville North High School. |
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This is a brief overview of The MOCHA Center (formerly, Men of Color Health Awareness) in Buffalo and Rochester, New York, which delivers health and wellness for communities of color. The MOCHA Center has developed the "Pathways to Care Program" which can help HIV+ individuals in our area access health options.
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The Pathways to Care Program is your road to access free medication and health care for people living with HIV/ AIDS in Erie and Niagara Counties. The MOCHA Center has developed this program to facilitate health care access for qualified people using resources such as ADAP, ADAP Plus, and more. |
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ADAP Plus is a program that helps HIV-positive people get medications, medical care and home care that they need. More information about this program is available from the MOCHA Center. |
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The AIDS Network of Western NY 2010 Consumer Survey Results. |
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The AIDS Network of Western NY 2009 Data Collection Report. |
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AIDS Network of Western New York News Winter 2010 Issue. |
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Talking With Young People About HIV and AIDS New York State Health Department, Talking with Young People About HIV and AIDS: A handbook for parents and caregivers (PDF, 827 KB, 20pg.) |
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New York State Health Department, The Super Sleuths Learn About HIV and AIDS: An activity book for children in grades 4-5 (PDF, 1.5 MB, 13pg.) |
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New York State Health Department, Animals to the Rescue: Teaching Kids about HIV (An activity book for children in grades 1-3) (PDF, 1.7 MB, 12 pg.). |
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A Directory of HIV/AIDS Services in Western New York A 2008 directory of services issued by the AIDS Network of WNY. |
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The AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) provides financial assistance to obtain health care and medications for qualified people living with HIV / AIDS. The program uses special terms which may not be familiar to a general audience which are defined in this document. For individuals in Niagara and Erie Counties, more information about this program can be found in the "Pathways to Care" and "ADAP Plus Brochure" documents above. |
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Glossary of HIV/AIDS-Related Terms 6th Edition, December 2008 published by AIDSinfo The Glossary is designed as a resource to help health care providers, caseworkers, community-based organizations, and people living with HIV/AIDS and their families and friends understand complex HIV/AIDS terminology. AIDSinfo, a service of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is a trusted source for information about HIV/AIDS treatment, clinical trials, and medical practice guidelines for consumers and health care providers. AIDSinfo is collectively sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). |
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