The Morehouse School of Medicine to Combat HIV/AIDs in Georgia

Georgia ranks in the top five nationally for people living with HIV, according to the Satcher Health Leadership Institute at the Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta. One in 51 people in Atlanta may be infected with HIV/AIDS at any given time. In Georgia, the number of Black males living with HIV is 6.1 times that of White males. Meanwhile, the rate of Black females in Georgia living with an HIV diagnosis is 11.7 times that of White females. In response to the immediate need HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention efforts in the Black community, Satcher Health Leadership Institute at the Morehouse School of Medicine has announced the launch of a campaign specifically tailored to reach the Black community in Georgia called “Georgia Thrives.” The initiative aims to address the disproportionate impact of HIV/AIDS on Black and African American people in this state. Maisha Standifer, Satcher Health Leadership Institute at Morehouse School of Medicine director of population health, said that “we are looking at educating and providing more culturally competent and tailored toolkits and educational resources for clinicians to be able to directly provide the services that are needed, to be able to talk and to be able to guide those...