In Brief

AIDS Among Youth
Half of all new HIV infections in the United States occur among people under the age of 25. The harvard AIDS Institute has collaborated with the Center for AIDS Prevention Studies in issuing a report entitled Dangerous Inhibitions: How America Is Letting AIDS Become an Epidemic of the Young. The report argues that current HIV prevention efforts for youth are failing and that government and the private sector must unite to market HIV prevention in an effective manner. The report is available on the Harvard AIDS Institute web site under "Marketing HIV Prevention".

The Crown of Leadership
Two months before his death, when Arthur Ashe accepted the Harvard AIDS Institute's AIDS Leadership Award, he quoted Howard Thurman and spoke of the need to "grow tall enough to wear this crown of leadership." In Arthur Ashe's memory, the Harvard AIDS Institute and National Medical Fellowships have established the Arthur Ashe Program in AIDS Care, which seeks to help medical students grow tall enough to wear the crown of leadership that the AIDS epidemic will demand of them.

With support form the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, this program seeks to engage medical students from traditionally underrepresented groups in HIV-related care and research. The program also provides students with the mean the difference between life and death for patients: Studies have shown that patients with HIV whose physicians understand AIDS care issues live significantly longer than those whose doctors do not.

Leading for Life
The Harvard AIDS Institute has issued a report on the first Leading for Life summit, which convened more than one hundred African American leaders in response to the disproportionate impact of the AIDS epidemic on the African American community. To receive copies of the report, call Tonya Adams at (617) 432-4400, fax (617) 4632-4545.