Improving African Immigrant Health through Empowerment

Washington, DC, is home to one of the largest concentrations of African immigrants in the nation. Many health care providers struggle to identify resources and understand the unique health needs of their African-born patients, and African immigrants themselves may be hindered by communication barriers. Enter an innovative pilot project – BEAT IT! (Becoming Empowered Africans through Improved Treatment of Diabetes, Hepatitis B and HIV/AIDS), which is working to close those gaps and promote improvements in disease self-management. Read the full story. | Watch the video on YouTube .

More HIV/AIDS Resources

·  Find out about HIV/AIDS technical assistance and capacity building services available to community-based organizations through the Office of Minority Health Resource Center

·  HIV 101

·  HIV Data and Statistics

·  HIV/AIDS Prevention Bilingual Glossary

·  World AIDS Day: Posters and resources | Plan an event (from AIDS.gov) 

Resources Examine Racial and Ethnic Disparities Among Men at the State Level

The Foundation has created a package of resources, including a comprehensive report, fact sheets and other materials, that document the persistence of disparities on 22 indicators between white men and men of color, including rates of diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, AIDS and cancer, and access to health insurance and health screenings.

The resources provide a rare look at state-level variations, quantifying where disparities are greatest. Also available are state-level data for men of many racial and ethnic populations that are often difficult to obtain.

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