Special Initiatives
The Turning Point (El Momento Decisivo)
The Turning Point HIV/AIDS initiative is the second phase of the successful 25 Myths 25 Realities campaign. The title of the campaign indicates those seconds when you gamble “EVERYTHING” (your life/your health) by making the wrong decision.
The initiative is aimed at raising awareness about the consequences of not taking preventive measures during a moment of passion.
The image and spokesperson for the campaign is the Hispanic celebrity Paulina Rubio, who is in charge of delivering the essential message: “Remember: HIV Negative or Positive, You Decide”.
For more information about The Turning Point and to watch the Public Service Announcements related to the campaign, click here.
Nueve Minutos y Medio
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AMIGAS
Amigas is a health program that creates a safe and comfortable place for women to discuss health issues, in particular the risk for HIV/AIDS
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Business Responds to AIDS/ Labor Responds to AIDS (BRTA/LRTA) supports and advances the mission of the CDC's domestic HIV prevention goals by encouraging and supporting private sector* education, initiatives, leadership, and health promotions activities.
BRTA/LRTA is a domestic public-private partnership that works to:
- Foster partnership among businesses and labor union on HIV/AIDS issues;
- Reduce stigma and discrimination against HIV-positive individuals and those affected by HIV/AIDS;
- Enhance personal commitment, ethics and civic responsibility among private sector leaders on HIV/AIDS issues;
- Promote education, awareness, and action about HIV/AIDS within the private sector
Local BRTA/LRTA projects have developed partnership between health departments, citywide business and labor leaders, and neighborhood merchants to:
- Increase community awareness about the impact of HIV/AIDS
- Motivate residents in high prevalence neighborhoods to get tested and seek prevention treatment and care services
- Increase the number of persons who know their HIV diagnosis and are linked to appropriate prevention and care services
- Support implementation and sustainability of the Local Business/Labor Responds to AIDS projects
- Build capacity of the local Health Department to engage leaders in support of other local projects
- Position Local Business/Labor Responds to AIDS Projects as a vehicle to increase community awareness, promote testing and prevention, and provide linkages to care
"Iniciativa Hispana para la Prevencion del SIDA"
Iniciativa Hispana para la Prevencion del SIDA is an initiative of the Miami-Dade County Health Department created in 1995 to reduce the incidence of HIV/AIDS in the Hispanic Community in Miami Dade. Community members, health department staff and providers participate in the planning and implementation of innovative strategies geared to HIV/AIDS education and prevention through culturally sensitive and indigenous approaches.
Events for 2009
- Mini Take Controls:
- April 26, 2009 - Homestead
- July 14, 2009 - Sweetwater
- Premio a la Excelencia Hispana - October 14th, 2009
- National Latino AIDS Awareness Day - October 23rd, 2009 - Hialeah
- Holiday event - December 15th, 2009
- Hispanic AIDS Awareness Program
- University of Miami
- South Florida AIDS Network
- Union Positiva
- Care Resources
- GILEAD
- M.U.J.E.R Mujeres Unidas -Women United
- South Beach AIDS Program
- Borinquen Health Community Center
- Connect 2 Protect
- CommCare Pharmacy
Breaking the Silence: Miami-Dade County Health Department's Response to Silence is Death (An Action Plan)
Campaign “25 Myths & 25 Realities”
June 5th, 2006 marked the 25th Anniversary of the date the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published a report of a puzzling disease which we now know as HIV/AIDS. Yet, even after 25 years, stigma, fear, social isolation and discrimination continue to hamper our efforts in combating this disease in the Hispanic community
Therefore, the Hispanic AIDS Awareness Program, in collaboration with the Miami-Dade County Health Department and the creative production of Interart Media, created a public service awareness campaign called “25 Myths and & 25 Realities,” which features the support of 25 Hispanic celebrities.
The objective of the campaign is to increase AIDS awareness, promote HIV prevention and reduce the myths, stigmas and fear surrounding this disease, through the power of celebrity support.
The campaign targets the following audiences:
- Latinos who are HIV negative and are at risk for acquiring HIV;
- Latinos who are HIV positive and unaware of their status;
- Latinos who are HIV positive.
HIV+ Newborns - Graciela Mori
HIV Medications – Luis Enrique
Cell Count – Luisa Fernanda Lozano
Medications/Cure – Natalia Streignard
The Law – Emilio Estefan
Appearance – Erick Elias
Condom use (pre-cum) – Gabriela Spanic
Gay Stigma - Joe Ferrero, Enrique Santos
HIV 101 – Norma Niurka
Condom use (double) – Verónica Dávila
Confidentiality – Candela Ferro
Window Period – Cristina Saralegui
HIV+/Pregnancy – Liliana & Lilibeth Rodríguez
HIV Testing – Sixto Nolasco
Birth Control – Albita Rodríguez
Oral Sex – Javier Ceriani
Mosquitoes – José Antonio Alvarez
Casual Contact – Guillermo Descalzi
Infidelity – Gilberto Reyes
Seniors & HIV – Laura Termini
Anal Sex - Marytrini
Illegal Drugs - Mario Cimarro
Blood Donation – Dr. Maritza Fuentes
HIV+/Safe Sex – Dr. Nancy Alvarez
Abstinence – Padre Alberto Cutie
For any other information about HIV/AIDS, you can call our main
phone number: (305) 470-6999.
