‘Health’ Articles

On Thursday, December 15, the Urban League of Greater Miami will team up with Miami-Dade Public Schools to tell young men to “man up” against HIV/AIDS. Liberty City has the highest HIV/AIDS infection rate in Miami-Dade, and the county currently is in the midst of a virtual AIDS epidemic, a generation after the disease was Full Article

World AIDS Day 2011 presents us with a challenge, and an opportunity. Full Article

From the Miami Herald: At an Overtown clinic, Freida James sits glumly looking at four pill bottles: two for diabetes, one for blood pressure, one for cholesterol. All the bottles are empty. The cost to fill them: $360 a month. James has no insurance. She lost her job. “I don’t know what to do,” she Full Article

See what the Urban League of Greater Miami is doing to combat the spread of HIV and AIDS in our community!  Full Article

(BlackDoctor.org) On March 10, it is the fourth annual awareness day for women and young girls who have HIV or at a high for developing HIV. This day is dedicated to them because of the fact that there are higher chances because of convincing their love one to wear a condom or refuse sex all Full Article

On Monday, February 7, the Urban League of Greater Miami, in collaboration with Miami-Dade County Public Schools HIV/AIDS Education Program, will host a special event to promote HIV / AIDS awareness. Attendees will include students that attend schools and/or reside in the geographic areas with the highest prevalence of HIV in Miami Dade County. Full Article

HIV/AIDS awareness took center stage at the second annual "Man Up Against HIV/AIDS" youth summit at Miami's Joseph Caleb Center on Wednesday. Full Article

On December 1st, the Urban League of Greater Miami and Miami-Dade Public Schools partnered to bring hundreds of students to the Joseph Caleb Center for a day of education and a call to action to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS. Full Article

The Miami Urban League responds to the ongoing crisis of HIV/AIDS in the black community with "Man UP Against HIV/AIDS" on Wednesday, December 15th. Full Article

World AIDS Day is an annual event offering the chance to reflect on the toll HIV/AIDS has taken on our communities, and to educate ourselves and especially our young people about how to fight back. Full Article