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Editor’s Note
Designing for Women—Not Just a Fashion Statement Anymore
Readers Forum
Ask the HIV Specialist
This issue’s specialists:
Amy Sitapati, M.D., AAHIVS and Joseph Caperna, M.D., MPH, AAHIVS
From TPAN
Embracing “the Change”
TPAN’s new Executive Director welcomes a new chapter
by Bruce Weiss
News Briefs
by Enid Vázquez
What's Goin' On?
Prepping for a PrEP trial
Critical observations before the study even begins
by Keith R. Green

Articles

One-on-One with Dawn Averitt Bridge
Wife, mother, and advocate for HIV-positive women
Interview by Jeff Berry
The Naked Truth:
Young, Beautiful and HIV Positive
The courageous tale of Marvelyn Brown
A book review by Keith R. Green
The Feminization of an Epidemic
Women and HIV in the United States
by Saraswati Iobst, M.D. and
Monica Gandhi, M.D., MPH
Tiger Medicine
A Native American woman’s story
by Sue Saltmarsh
Protect Yourselves, Ladies
Young or old, black women continue to be at higher risk
by Enid Vázquez
Joyce Turner Keller
A minister with AIDS lays reality on the line
Interview by Enid Vázquez
Evany Turk
A success story
Interview by Sue Saltmarsh
Reaching Out to Our Sisters
Chicago women’s conference offers knowledge and support
by Enid Vázquez
Doctors Urge the Government to Keep Up with Medical Progress
HIV policy and funding left in the dust of treatment success
by Enid Vázquez

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