Florence Ngobeni-Allen lost her 5-month-old daughter to AIDS some 15 years ago, before she had access to antiretroviral drugs.
For the HIV-positive South African, it was the most difficult moment of her life.
Fast-forward to present day, thanks to appropriate treatment and services, Ngobeni-Allen (at right) has two HIV-negative children: Alex, who turns 6 years old next...
Read more...
Rev. Charles Straight, who serves on the Board of Directors for the AIDS Foundation of Chicago, was selected to open the International AIDS Conference with an invocation.
Before the pastor's firm handshake and sonorous voice, comes the smile.
Radiant, wildly contagious, Rev. Charles Straight's grin seems to welcome you instantly, no matter who you might be.
Come...
Read more...
The Rev. Doris Green, AFC's director of correctional health and community health, discusses opt-out HIV testing in Cook County Jail.
By Sara Semelka
After three long years of perseverance by community advocates, detainees at Cook County Jail now go through an opt-out – rather than opt-in – HIV testing...
Read more...
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE...
Read more...
Watch Endgame: AIDS in Black America on PBS. See more from FRONTLINE.
By Sandra Jaime
The new PBS/Frontline documentary, ENDGAME: AIDS in Black America , presents an insightful look at how prejudice and fear has allowed HIV to rapidly consume the African American community.
The...
Read more...
Arick Buckles, at right, stands with Rep. Greg Harris, D-Chicago, while addressing the crowd at Lobby Day 2012. AFC Photo-Ed Negron
By Sara Semelka
A federal lawsuit filed Monday by a Chicago man who claims he was denied HIV medication while in jail has shed light on an issue usually hidden in the shadows: health care for people who are both living with HIV and incarcerated...
Read more...
Years ago, Mike Barnes stood before the AIDS Memorial Quilt in Washington D.C. with the love of his life, Martin “Sky” Bixby. They were both moved by the Quilt's powerful testimony.
“He said, ‘I hope someone does that for me someday,’ ” said Barnes, 55, a pharmacist who lives in Lincoln Park.
Bixby, who died of AIDS in 1997, (pictured at right) is...
Read more...
Vincent Moorman, at left, and Bobby Lynn Benson participate in a recent Tenant Empowerment Seminar. AFC Photos-Anne Sanicki
At tenant seminars, clients learn independent living skills and gain a sense of community.
By Anne Sanicki
On a sunny May afternoon on Chicago’s West Side, a group of men and women gathered around a conference table and engaged...
Read more...
By Melissa Janiszewski
Brenda was volunteering in a Swaziland village, helping to build a small clinic where pregnant women in the village could safely birth their babies.
The village was in a remote location, and many doctors found it difficult to get there. Scared and alone, many of the women gave birth alone and suffered permanent health complications, which often...
Read more...
A dancer vogues at a past ball event. Photo courtesy of Todd Diederich.
This Sunday night, the Chicago House is sponsoring the 2nd Annual Memories of a Mini Ball, an event that promises to be legendary in more ways than one.
For the uninitiated, the “Ballroom community” is a historically a dynamic LBGT subculture in which people can compete for prizes and...
Read more...
