National Minority AIDS Council Building Healthier Communities

NIAID is seeking volunteers to participate in a study evaluating HIV patients who are initiating antiretroviral therapy (ART) to see if they develop conditions that may be related to immune reconstitution syndrome (IRIS). The study is being conducted at the NIH Clinical Center in Bethesda, MD. read more

The ninth annual National Week of Prayer for the Healing of AIDS is set for March 7-13, 2010. All people of faith are encouraged to participate; events are planned throughout the country. For more information, to register your own event and/or download a toolkit, visit balmingilead.org. read more

NMAC will be closed Tuesday, February 9th due to the blizzard that hit the Washington, DC Metropolitan area this past weekend. As of now, the agency is set to re-open on Wednesday, February 10th, weather permitting. Please check the website for additional closures/delays. read more

The Black Leadership Commission on AIDS of Washington, DC and Vicinity, an affiliate of the National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS (NBLCA), will be holding two events in honor of Black History Month and National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day on February 9th and 10th. read more

February 4, 2010 ~ Washington, DC ~ The National Minority AIDS Council (NMAC) will honor the tenth annual National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day on February 7th . Held during Black History Month, the special HIV/AIDS observance day serves as a “national HIV testing and treatment community mobilization initiative designed to increase the awareness of HIV/AIDS prevention, care and treatment among Blacks in the United States and Diaspora.” read more

Ravinia Hayes-Cozier, NMAC Spokesperson and Director of Government Relations and Public Policy, has released an editorial entitled: "The Budget and Beyond: A Call to Action for the HIV/AIDS Community and Government Officials." In it she discusses what needs to be done, in addition to increasing funding, to end HIV/AIDS in the U.S. read more

The nominal increases in the President’s budget for HIV/AIDS programs while welcome fall woefully short of what’s needed and make passage of comprehensive health reform more important than ever. If you haven’t already – please take two steps to help make comprehensive health reform a reality. read more

Save-the-date for the Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (CAPS) HIV Prevention Conference! Set for Friday, April 23, 2010, the meeting will take place at the UCSF Mission Bay Conference Center, in San Francisco, CA. Registration is free and available online. There will be no onsite registration - so visit the CAPS conference online today! read more

The National Plan for Action regarding minority health disparities in the United States is now open for public comment. Learn how you can add your opinion today. read more

Watch President Obama's first State of the Union Address on WhiteHouse.gov and learn what he had to say about the future of health care in the U.S. read more