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Harlem United Submits testimony on COVID-19 in Minority Communities
Harlem United Submits testimony on COVID-19 in Minority Communities May 18, 2020 Harlem United CEO, Jacquelyn Kilmer, gave oral testimony today before a New York State Senate Joint Public Hearing to discuss solutions to the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 in communities of color. Read full testimony
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Harlem United Urges NYS DOH to Listen to HIV/AIDs Organizations on Medicaid
Harlem United, along with more than 80 other members of the AIDS New York Community Coalition, urges the NYS Department of Health to appoint an independent and representative workgroup to advise on the impact of a Medicaid Pharmacy Benefit Carve-out from managed care and into fee-for-service on 340B Providers and the communities they serve. READ…
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Harlem United Supports Contact Tracing Confidentiality Bill
Would you be more or less likely to answer contact tracing questions if you knew your responses were 100% confidential?
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PrEP Aware Week
It’s PrEP Aware Week and Harlem United wants to let everyone know more about preventing HIV by using PrEP. PrEP is a daily pill that reduces the risk of getting HIV from sex by more than 99%.
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IN THE MEDIA: Healthcare Providers Warn of Looming Changes to Drug Discount Program
Harlem United is a proud member of Save NY’s Safety Net, a statewide coalition of community health clinics, community-based organizations, and specialized HIV health plans committed to serving vulnerable New Yorkers across the state, ending the epidemic and saving the 340B drug discount program. Harlem United CEO, Jacqui Kilmer, is quoted in a Gay City…
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FGC In the Clinic: A Dialogue between Survivors and Healthcare Professionals
6pm EST on December 8th, 2020 Dr. Deborah Ottenheimer, Director of Harlem United’s Women’s Holistic Health Initiative, will join other panelists for a conversation between healthcare professionals and survivors of female genital mutilation (FGC) as they speak about their unique experiences in the clinic. Hosted by Sahiyo, the event will feature speakers exploring the vital…
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Countdown to Crisis – Save NY Safety Net 340B Town Hall
On Wednesday, December 2, Harlem United and our Save NY’s Safety Net coalition partners hosted a virtual town hall—Countdown to Crisis: How the Medicaid Drug Carve Out Will Reverse Progress in the Battle Against HIV/AIDS. Harlem United was represented by Jacqui Kilmer, CEO, and Tamisha McPherson, Executive Director of URAM and Chief External Affairs and…
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IN THE MEDIA: Cuomo’s proposed Medicaid reforms disrupt the care of vulnerable New Yorkers
By Jacquelyn Kilmer, CEOAM New York In his State of the State address on Monday, Governor Andrew Cuomo closed on a hopeful note, listing a series of our achievements as a state in the face of people telling us “it can’t be done.” One of the achievements he mentioned was ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Surprising,…
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IN THE MEDIA: Overwhelmed LGBTQ Health Centers Scramble to Vaccinate New Yorkers
By Tat Bellamy-Walker Gay City News “When we’re in the trenches, they keep asking us to do more,” said Tom Marino, chief transformation officer for Harlem United, a community health center in Manhattan. “But we don’t know how much more we can give. There are people who are sick because they’re exhausted, and when you have…
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Protect Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare
Public Health Solutions’ Sexual and Reproductive Health Centers are in danger of closing due to an unexpected budget cut of 1.8 million dollars in the New York State executive budget. Harlem United engaged in the critical advocacy effort in a letter asking the NYS legislature to restore this funding. Read our letter You can support…
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