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National AIDS Initiative Launches World AIDS Day Premiere of New Stage Play and ‘Rock the Red’ Campaign to Engage African Americans on HIV/AIDS | Afro

(BUSINESS WIRE)-In recognition of World AIDS Day, Dec. 1, the Black Leadership AIDS Crisis Coalition (BLACC) – an initiative of AIDS Healthcare Foundation which is the world’s largest, non-profit public health organization addressing the HIV/AIDS epidemic – is utilizing the power of the arts and social media to bring greater awareness to the HIV/AIDS epidemic […]

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