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HIV/AIDS Clinical Trial Network builds Black Clevelanders' trust in COVID-19 studies

Brie Zeltner Rachel Dissell

November 04, 2020 |

FreshWater Cleveland |

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Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

The HIV/AIDS clinical trial network’s 30 sites have spent years building trust among historical marginalized communities so that more clinical trial participants come from communities of color. Educational outreach, awareness-raising efforts, and one-on-one conversations are among the strategies used to make the scientific process more transparent. The engagement model is upfront about abuses from the past and uses straightforward explanations with no medical jargon. Infectious disease experts are using the trust-building model to increase the racial diversity of participants in COVID-19 vaccine trials.

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HIV/AIDS Network Helps Build Black Clevelanders' Trust In COVID-19 Studies

Rachel Dissell

November 03, 2020 |

The Land |

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Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

Black and Latinx enrollment in clinical studies has nearly doubled in HIV vaccine clinical trials due to the HIV Vaccine Trials Network in Cleveland implementing an engagement model that addresses community distrust through education and community participation. Now, as clinical studies are launched for a COVID-19 vaccine, the organization has pivoted to ensuring that institutions don't engage in "helicopter research," but instead involve the communities in the research efforts.

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Forged By AIDS, Storied NYC Residence Boosts Aging In Place

Rob Waters

September 08, 2020 |

Health Affairs |

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Response Location: United States, New York, New York

Two community living facilities have played integral roles in combatting the spread of diseases throughout New York's history by relying on mutual aid models. In the 1980's the Manhattan Plaza residence started the AIDS Project, which "assigned care partners to every person who got sick and deployed volunteers to deliver meals and get people to doctors." Now, as the COVID-19 pandemic poses a threat, similar efforts are underway by a younger generation at the Manhattan Plaza as well as at Penn South where the focus has been on keeping senior citizens safe.

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A tale of two pandemics: Is COVID-19 repeating the mistakes of HIV's past?

Laura López González

July 24, 2020 |

Bhekisisa |

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Response Location: South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal

As Covid-19 spread throughout regions of South Africa, public health clinics began reporting seeing fewer patients for HIV viral load testing due to shelter-in-place orders. In trying to mitigate the longterm implications of people missing their appointments, a few HIV specialists have joined the frontlines in local communities to act as both coronavirus testers and information conduits for HIV programs.

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Why Rwanda Is Doing Better Than Ohio When It Comes To Controlling COVID-19

Jason Beaubien

July 15, 2020 |

NPR |

Radio |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: Rwanda

Rwanda, a country with the same population of Ohio, has emerged as an example of how to slow the spread of coronavirus, with only 1,500 cases reported so far. Besides initiating a lockdown, implementing free testing, and recruiting community health care workers, police, and college students to be contact tracers, officials also used "the same structure, same people, same infrastructure and laboratory diagnostics" that had been working to contain the spread of HIV.

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SafeBoda: From ferrying passengers to delivering ARVs and Condoms

Jacky Achan

June 25, 2020 |

New Vision |

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Response Location: Uganda, Kampala

In parts of Uganda, ride-sharing has been transformed into a medical delivery service to ensure that those who are unable to travel to their doctor for antiretroviral refills have access to the medications they need to stay healthy. Although the program is limited in terms of the areas it can serve due to cost, doctors in the region hope to continue and expand the program after seeing such success since implementation.

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‘It's miraculous' — no known coronavirus cases in Acadiana's homeless shelters

Christiaan Mader

April 27, 2020 |

The Current (Louisiana) |

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Response Location: United States, Lafayette, Louisiana

Having learned from failures during the 1980s AIDS epidemic, an outreach center in Louisiana was uniquely prepared to take preventative measures as the coronavirus outbreak spread, and so far, the efforts have worked. Not one case has been reported as of yet at Acadiana CARES, and many are crediting that to the rapid intervention strategies that included strict adherence to social distancing and isolating anyone who had underlying conditions or was considered vulnerable.

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COVID19: In Uganda, volunteers on bicycles are filling the gaps to deliver HIV drugs

Evelyn Lirri

April 27, 2020 |

Stories for Human Rights and Social Inclusion |

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Response Location: Uganda, Kampala

Strict social distancing and stay-at-home orders – including the suspension of public transportation – in Uganda during the coronavirus pandemic have made if difficult for those who need anti-retroviral (ARVs) drugs to regularly access the medications. Volunteers, however, are filling the gap by creating a detailed delivery strategy and then delivering the medications to their fellow community members by bicycle.

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Lessons From the HIV Epidemic for the COVID-19 Pandemic

Heather Boerner

April 08, 2020 |

Medscape |

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Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

Both the successes and failures of the nationwide Ending the HIV Epidemic plan offers lessons for addressing the COVID-19 pandemic, especially for rural parts of the United States. One significant lesson is that of addressing health disparities linked to social determinants that prevent community members from accessing affordable or reliable health care. When "structural access to healthcare," was addressed in cities where HIV rates were higher, many saw those rates decrease, especially when the Affordable Care Act led to the expansion of Medicaid.

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No Sex For Fish: How Women In A Fishing Village Are Fighting For Power

Rebecca Davis

December 26, 2019 |

NPR |

Radio |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Kenya, Nduru Beach

Along Kenya's Lake Victoria, the practice of jaboya - where fishermen guarantee that day's catch to a woman fish trader in exchange for sexual favors - is all too common, in part due to a lack of economic opportunity in small villages. Kenya's fishing communities also have rates of HIV prevalence between 30% and 40%. To combat these issues, local women and non-profits teamed up to start No Sex for Fish, an organization committed to providing women fish traders their own boats so they could catch the fish themselves. While initial results were promising, the initiative ultimately has not yet succeeded.

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