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How we’re going to end AIDS in New York
Today we are making history. It’s the beginning of the end of the HIV epidemic as we know it in New York State. Governor Cuomo endorsed a Blueprint to End AIDS, which lays out 30 recommendations that must be implemented to decrease new HIV infections to fewer than 750 by 2020 and move HIV past what…
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We launch Swallow This
Swallow This was our award-winning campaign to educate our communities about PrEP, a pill you can take daily to prevent HIV. PrEP is remarkably effective at preventing HIV and through a study we conducted, we determined that the people we serve would benefit from it and when they learned about it were very interested in starting,…
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Swallow This
Did you know that there is a pill you can take daily to prevent HIV? If you didn’t, you’re not alone. We surveyed 1,347 men who have sex with men in New York City and less than half had heard of PrEP, but once we told them what PrEP is — a daily pill that is…
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Harlem United awarded two new grants to expand our health care and HIV prevention programs
We have exciting news to share! Harlem United is the recipient of two new exciting and important grant awards, one in our Prevention department (or PESS, which stands for Prevention, Education and Support Services) and one in our Health Services department. In PESS, Harlem United’s application to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)…
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An Important Week for the HIV Community
[lead] This week the White House released the National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS): Updated to 2020 and we are pumped! [/lead] The plan updates the five-year-old original NHAS, and looks ahead to 2020 as a guide for collective action of agencies, community-based organizations, the scientific, medical communities and coalitions of people living with HIV in the…
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Ryan White CARE Act Turns 25
[lead]Today we celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency (CARE) Act, signed in to law by President George H. W. Bush on August 18, 1990. Passed only a few months after the death of Ryan White, an HIV-positive 18-year-old from Indiana, this seminal legislation is the single largest federal program designed…
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Do you want to do AIDS Walk with us?
Fundraise, volunteer, or just participate in the AIDS Walk New York taking place on Sunday, May 15, 2016 in Central Park. The Walk benefits HIV/AIDS service organizations in the tri-state area including Harlem United. Join more than 30,000 people fighting to end AIDS. Join Team Harlem United and help our community! Get your walking shoes on, and…
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Harlem United Celebrates Historic Expansion of Eligibility for Housing, Transportation, and Nutritional Support to All HIV-Positive Individuals in New York City!
“With today’s announcement, Governor Andrew Cuomo has enabled our state to take a giant leap towards ending the AIDS epidemic.” For Immediate Release June 23, 2016 Contact: Jason Cianciotto I 347-703-3865 I jcianciotto@harlemunited.org New York, NY — Today, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced that all individuals in New York City will become eligible to…
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PrEP Marketing Campaign expands to include women
A common misconception is that PrEP is only for gay and bisexual men, which means that women who are also at high risk for HIV may miss out on this effective tool to help keep them HIV negative. To address this, we expanded our award-winning PrEP marketing campaign to include women, both cisgender and transgender.…
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Swallow This — Again: Our PrEP Campaign Is Back!
A little over a year ago, Harlem United launched Swallow This, our innovative campaign to educate New Yorkers about PrEP. PrEP is a daily pill that’s highly effective at preventing HIV infection. Over the past year, we’ve had a blast teaching people about PrEP, hearing your stories, and getting to know our community even better. In…
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