Category: AIDS | Arthur Ashe Legacy

“Extraordinary Progress” In Battle Against AIDS

After publicly revealing he had contracted AIDS, Arthur Ashe used his publicity and the attention on him to raise awareness about AIDS and its victims, founding the Arthur Ashe Foundation […]

Nelson Mandela: South African hero and advocate for AIDS awareness

December 5, 2014/in Africa AIDS Apartheid Arthur Ashe Disease Health Healthcare History Mandela /by Joe

Today marks the first anniversary of the death of Nelson Mandela, the South African activist, politician, philanthropist and lawyer who worked to eradicate apartheid in his home nation and was […]

AALC presents: What is HIV?

December 4, 2014/in AIDS Disease Education Health Well Being /by Joe

The Journey to Better HIV/AIDS Policy: Arthur Ashe Endowment for the Defeat of AIDS Honors World AIDS Week with Lecture from Dr. Rochelle Walensky

December 3, 2014/in AIDS Arthur Ashe Disease Health Healthcare Hepatitis Well Being /by Joe

The basic assumption of cost-effectiveness analysis is that there is only so much money or resource available to spend on health care nationally or internationally. Thus, by looking at how […]

World AIDS Day 2014

December 1, 2014/in AIDS Arthur Ashe Disease Education Health History Well Being World Health Organization /by Joe

World AIDS Day was created by the World Health Organization to honor those affected by HIV and AIDS. Celebrated annually on December 1st, conferences, lectures and events are hosted to remember its […]

MH17 flight crash claims five AIDS activists’ lives

July 21, 2014/in AIDS /by Joe

The international science community today mourns the loss of the lives of several leading AIDS researchers and activists, who were all aboard the Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 from Amsterdam, Netherlands […]

2013 Ashe-Barley Lecture in honor of World AIDS Day

December 5, 2013/in AIDS Arthur Ashe Education Healthcare /by Joe

From left to right: AAEDA Director Dr. Henry Murray, Dr. Christopher Barley, 2013 lecturer Dr. Carl Dieffenbach, AAEDA Director and Chairman of the Department of Medicine at Weill Cornell Dr. […]

Local Training | Spotlight on the AAEDA International Healthcare Worker Training Program

December 6, 2010/in AIDS /by Joe

One of the most important programs of the Arthur Ashe Endowment for the Defeat of AIDS is the International Healthcare Worker Training Program. Arthur Ashe always referred to himself as […]

Arthur Ashe Endowment-Christopher L. Barley, M.D. Lecture | About the Lecture

December 4, 2010/in AIDS /by Joe

The Arthur Ashe Endowment for the Defeat of AIDS has been bringing some of the top names in the fight to end AIDS to Weill Cornell Medical College-New York Presbyterian […]

Lecture Notes | Dr. Seth Berkley talks about finding an AIDS vaccine

December 1, 2010/in AIDS /by Joe

For years, the Arthur Ashe Endowment-Christopher L. Barley, M.D. Lecture series has brought some of the most prominent AIDS activists, doctors and healthcare workers to Weill Cornell Medical College and […]