HIV/AIDS cultural activism: popular tanzaniian tv show spotlights HIV prevention (014)

chers— an excellent example of HIV/AIDS cultural activism. namaste —rk JULY 2009 — Like American Idol and Britain’s Got Talent in the US and the UK, Bongo Star Search is all the rage in Tanzania. On Sunday evenings, television sets across this country of 44 million people are tuned to the show, and its finalists [...]

three HIV/AIDS global maps from PAP blog (013)

chers— the art of maps. pap blog is the politics, art & philosophy blog. namaste —rk

havvacc poem: kearns to LA city council: a wisdom of AIDS (long play) (012)

chers— public comments went really well at the LA city council meeting today [tuesday, december 9, 2008]. nine medical cannabis patients & advocates testified there, many for the first time. other patients showed up for support as well. our speakers also got applause from the many members of the carpenters’ union present, who were attending [...]

michael carter, NAM: unsafe sex among HIVers over 50 (011)

Older HIV-positive gay men as likely to have risky sex as younger gay men with HIV Michael Carter, Thursday, November 27, 2008 A significant number of people living with HIV in London are aged over 50, researchers report in the December edition of Sexually Transmitted Infections. The study was conducted amongst patients attends NHS HIV [...]

kearns reads world AIDS day poem “skipping stones” to la city council . . . (011)

[Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008, los angeles] my name is richard kearns. i am a 57-year old gay man alive with AIDS for more than 20 years. i am a long-term survivor. i am an AIDS activist. i am a medical cannabis patient and advocate. i am a poet and journalist and publish http://aids-write.org. . . [...]

havvacc world AIDS day 2008: excerpts from TWO poems, 1st, by mark king, “once when we were heroes” & 2nd my response (radio play) (010)

[Monday, December 1st, 2008, los angeles] But we get older [writes mark s. king] and friends don’t ask us to hold their hand when they stop breathing, and the fear fades and I bought new leather loafers and the White Party is coming. The truth is simply this, and no one will convince me otherwise: [...]

havvacc text resource: karen barrow, nytimes: aging with AIDS: article, photos & link to interactive piece (009)

Patient Voices Speaking Out for a Group Once Unheard-Of: Aging With AIDS By KAREN BARROW Published: November 10, 2008 In the early 1990s, a diagnosis of AIDS was both a likely death sentence and a stigma. There were few treatment options, and many Americans were terrified of people infected with H.I.V. Today, because of antiretroviral [...]

havvacc text resource: hiv/aids & aging: effects in developing countries — excerpts from 2007 prb report, links (008)

[Sunday, November 23rd, 2008, los angeles] How Does HIV/AIDS Affect the Elderly in Developing Countries? Today’s Research on Aging population reference bureau N o . 6 | August 2007 Of the estimated 40 million people living with HIV, the vast majority are adults in their prime working years, but as this middle generation dies of [...]

havvacc text resource: “ewww, old people doing it” says commenter to janet st.james’ wfaa-tv report about older americans with AIDS (007)

Older Americans are new face of HIV/AIDS By JANET ST. JAMES / WFAA-TV [dallas-ft. worth] 01:07 PM CDT on Saturday, November 1, 2008 When people think of HIV, certain populations come to mind; perhaps drug users or homosexuals. Few think of grandparents or successful, attractive, heterosexual women like “Barbara,” who found out she was HIV [...]

havvacc text resource: HIV/AIDS & aging: david crary’s ap article on SAGE (Services & Advocacy for GLBT Elders) (006)

[November 3rd, 2008, los angeles] . . . when i first started publishing aids-write.org 3+ years ago, as a person with AIDS (PWA) over 50, i represented 10% of the national HIV-infected population. today i represent a quarter to a third of that population. in 5 years i will represent 60% of HIVers in the [...]