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Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:30:48 -0600

The “post-AIDS sexual revolution” is here! It’s happening right now, every Tuesday night on the new Melrose Place. That’s according to the show’s executive director Todd Slavkin.

Bull’s Eye: AHF’s “No Judgemental Bullsh*t” HIV Testing Campaign Hits the Mark

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:26:53 -0600

Never look a bull in the eye. That’s lifesaving advice if you are toreador in the ring at Seville. But if you are a driver in Los Angeles, looking into a bull’s eye just might be the thing that saves your life—or the life of someone you love.

Blair Underwood ‘HIV Care at Its Best’ Campaign Highlights AHF’s Quality

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:26:11 -0600

Actor Blair Underwood has been spotted all over Hollywood these days and not just on the red carpet. The longtime AIDS activist can be seen at intersections all over the city—or his likeness can, anyway—praising the quality of the care found at all twelve AHF Healthcare Centers in the greater Los Angeles area.

AHF: California Sued for Singling Out Safety Net Providers for Drastic Cuts while Favoring Rite Aid, CVS Chains

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:25:48 -0600

AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) has filed a federal lawsuit against David Maxwell-Jolly, Director of the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) seeking an injunction to prevent implementation of a new state law singling out nonprofit safety net providers—including AHF—forcing drastic Medi-Cal (Medicaid) reimbursements cuts for drugs purchased by AHF clinics and other safety net providers while favoring giant national for-profit pharmacy chains including Rite Aid, CVS, Walgreens and others. The lawsuit was filed yesterday, Monday November 9th, in United States District Court, Central District of California, Western Division (Case number CV-09-08199-R-PLAx).

Cambodia: World AIDS Day HIV Campaign, ‘Testing Millions,’ Launches during Cambodia’s National Water Festival

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:19:27 -0600

As part of an ambitious global effort to test several million people for HIV in observance of the Testing Millions World AIDS Day 2009 campaign, AHF/Cambodia CARES will launch its inaugural testing effort during the annual Water Festival, which marks the end of the rainy season and is the largest festival in the Cambodian calendar.

That’s So Gay: Promoting HIV awareness

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:41:48 -0600

I was surprisingly calm considering I had never had an HIV test before. I didn’t think I had anything to worry about, but on the drive to get tested, I couldn’t help but wonder.

Medical Test Manufacturer Donates 4,500 HIV Test Kits For The World AIDS Day 2009 Testing Millions Global Campaign

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:37:10 -0600

Chembio Diagnostics, Inc., a NY-based company that develops, manufactures, licenses and markets proprietary rapid diagnostic tests, is donating more than 4,500 rapid HIV test kits to the AIDS Healthcare Foundation's 2009 Testing Millions Global Campaign, based in Los Angeles, to commemorate World AIDS Day 2009 on December 1st.

Blair Underwood Brings Star Power, Attention to AIDS

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:33:40 -0600

Although there was no Red Carpet, paparazzi or stylist on hand, a Hollywood celebrity visited the District’s powerful K Street corridor in Northwest earlier this fall to bring attention to a scourge that threatens to overtake the city.

AHF’s ‘Condoms in Porn’ Campaign Lands on ABC’s ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live! Show

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:28:48 -0600

Late night television comic Jimmy Kimmel put a national spotlight on AHF’s campaign to require condoms to be used in all porn production when he used a news clip from the recent protest at the Downtown Los Angeles Marriott Hotel as a springboard for jokes in his monologue on the ABC Network’s ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live! show on Friday, October 23rd.

Spotlight: AHF In Ukraine

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:52:16 -0600

AHF has worked in Ukraine since 2004, when it began a preceptorship training project funded by the Global Fund. In collaboration with Samara and Saratov Health Care Administrations and American International Health Alliance, AHF formed the Volga River Alliance Project. In November 2008, AHF established an outpatient clinic in Odessa, a seaport city with one of the highest HIV prevalence rates in Ukraine. The clinic currently cares for more than 500 clients.