Bailey House, which has served low-income homeless and unstably housed men, women and families living with and affected by HIV/AIDS since 1983 and The Center for Independence of the Disabled, NY (CIDNY), a leading advocate for people with disabilities that has worked for over 30 years to remove physical and social barriers and to ensure [...]
‘HIV/AIDS’ Archives
Posted on 02/13/2013 at 7:19 am
Announcing “Health Matters”: A Collaboration Between Bailey House & CIDNY
Posted on 12/20/2012 at 7:47 am
What would the Mayans do?
On Friday 12/21/12, some predict the end of the world, citing the end of the Mayan calendar. Others say that the Mayan calendar is infinite and that 12/21 signifies not the end but a new beginning. Perhaps the Mayans were saying change is good and that sometimes we have to let go of the box, [...]
Posted on 11/29/2012 at 2:39 pm
Why Mental Health for World AIDS Day?
Bailey House observes the 25th annual World AIDS Day by opening our first major expansion in over a decade – the new Behavioral Health Clinic in East Harlem, a neighborhood with the City’s highest rate of psychiatric hospitalizations and the second highest rate of HIV incidence. It will be housed at our Rand Harlan Center [...]
Posted on 11/08/2012 at 2:16 pm
Day 10: Bailey-Holt House Residents Want to Come Home
The 44 men and women living with AIDS who call Bailey-Holt House their home are distraught. It’s 10 days since their home was struck by Sandy. It’s 7 days that they have been separated from each other. The Bailey-Holt House community is a microcosm of NYC … black, white, Latino, Asian, straight, gay, lesbian, transgender, [...]
Posted on 11/05/2012 at 7:44 am
We Need a Little Help from Our Friends
We Need a Little Help From Our Friends… It’s Day #6 post Hurricane Sandy and the outlook for Bailey-Holt House is grim. Although power was restored to most of the City, we’re learning that in a building like ours, it’s not as simple as turning on the lights. The steps to recovery for Bailey-Holt House [...]
Posted on 06/01/2012 at 12:55 pm
While New Orleans slept, an arsonist sent a message
Last Friday morning at 4 AM, when most of New Orleans was sleeping, one or more arsonists torched the offices of Women With A Vision (WWAV), a group run by activist women of color. Deon Haywood, the Executive Director, and the other women of WWAV and their legal team recently won a major victory against [...]
Posted on 05/25/2012 at 7:52 am
HIV Prevention: A new day is dawning, but a pill is not a panacea
Last week, amid much fanfare, an FDA Advisory Committee unanimously recommended that Gilead Sciences, the maker of Truvada, a drug previously used to treat AIDS, be permitted to market it to prevent HIV infection. Findings from a handful of clinical trials, including one involving discordant couples where one person is negative and the other positive, [...]
Posted on 05/10/2012 at 1:58 pm
Let’s Make Mother’s Day Meaningful
In the 1980s and even into the 1990s, it was hard to imagine that women living with HIV/AIDS would live long enough to see their children grow up. Dreams of getting pregnant and raising a family were dashed. Then scientists started looking into mother-to-child HIV transmission. The news was good – an HIV+ woman could [...]
Posted on 04/18/2012 at 8:23 am
Shedding New Light on HIV Prevention
Refocusing the National Discussion on HIV/AIDS Written By Gina Quattrochi CEO, Bailey House Member of Steering Committee, “30 for 30″ Board Member, NAHC Two weeks ago President Obama issued a resolution establishing the first federal agency “Working Group on the Intersection of HIV/AIDS, Violence Against Women and Girls, and Gender and Health Disparities”. The Administration’s [...]
Posted on 12/24/2009 at 7:58 am
A Bailey House Carol
An aging Scrooge is a bitter man. He received his diagnosis of HIV many years ago, but because of his wealth, he has been stably housed and taking HHART. His vast resources and social status have helped him maintain his health. The fate of Bob Crachit and his family is much different. Bob, his wife, [...]
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