HIV/AIDS Awareness Archives

Black News, Commentary and Culture | The Washington Informer

Despite Progress, HIV Disparities Among Races Persist

by Sarafina Wright –Washington Informer Staff Writer February 16, 2022February 16, 2022

Ahead of National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day on Feb. 7, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released data to highlight factors contributing to continuing HIV disparities.

D.C. Council members David Grosso and Vincent Gray and Congresswoman Eleanor Norton take the lead ahead of thousands of participants in the annual Walk to End HIV in Northwest on Oct 28. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)

Marc Morial, Op-Ed, Opinion

MORIAL: Black Communities Making a Difference in Fight Against AIDS

by WI Guest Author December 11, 2019December 21, 2021

D.C. Councilman Vincent Gray, Walk Grand Marshall Jim Obergefell, Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton, Whitman-Walker Executive Director Don Blanchon and Bishop Allyson Abrams of Empowerment Liberation Cathedral hold the "We Can See the Finish Line" banner at the 2017 Walk & 5K to End HIV. (Photo by Edward Le Poulin)

Letters to the Editor

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Don’t Let Up in AIDS Fight

by WI Guest Author December 5, 2018October 31, 2020

Community, Health

D.C. Program Targets Teens for World AIDS Day

by Sam P.K. Collins November 28, 2018October 31, 2020

D.C. still leads the nation in HIV diagnoses. (Courtesy of MSF Access Campaign)

Black Experience, Health

HIV/AIDS Disproportionately Affects Blacks: Report

by WI Guest Author February 12, 2018October 31, 2020

Op-Ed, Opinion

DIALLO: Why Ending AIDS in Africa Matters to Black Americans

by WI Guest Author November 29, 2017October 31, 2020

Columnists, Opinion

WILSON: We’ve Lost a Hero in AIDS Struggle

by WI Guest Author October 28, 2016October 30, 2020