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Promoting wellness in people
living with HIV, AIDS and Hepatitis C by providing free holistic
health care and support services in a safe, caring and confidential
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Legislation in the Current
Congress |
Please copy
the following information and paste it into this form and
send it to Congressman
Tierney
Dear Congressman Tierney,
The North Shore Health Project in Gloucester is a non-profit
organization that promotes wellness in people living with HIV,
AIDS and Hepatitis C by providing free holistic health care and
support services in a safe, caring and confidential environment.
As such, we are asking you to support the following articles
of legislation currently under consideration.
The need for a national AIDS strategy ~ H.CON.RES.24
Funding for developing housing
as a response to the AIDS pandemic ~ H.CON.RES.137
Continued investment to complete the development of an HIV/AIDS
vaccine for the U.S. ~ H.RES.906
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to permit States
the option to provide Medicaid coverage for low-income individuals
infected with HIV ~ H.R.1616
Recognizing World Hepatitis Awareness Month and World Hepatitis
Day ~ H.RES.466 |
NSHP
Channel |
Check out the new
NSHP Channel on Youtube. It is a catalog of informative and
educational videos pertaining to AIDS/HIV and Hepatitis C
The North Shore Health Project has posted their first PSA on
YouTube....
Check
it out!!
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Cars
for Causes |
Donating your car is
as easy as 1-2-3!
Help NSHP in an original and effective way: car donations.
This link outlines
easy step-by-step instructions on how to donate your car
to
Cars 4 Causes ®. Automobile donations of any kind are
accepted within the United States. Charity organizations
reap abundant, necessary funds with car donations and other
vehicle donations.
Click
Here or call 978-283-0101 for more information |
Upcoming
Events |
Women's Support Group (HOCC North/Healing
Our Community Collaborative)
· 3rd Wednesday of the month
· 5:30 p.m.
The Women's Support Group is open to all those living with
or at risk of HIV/AIDS. The group is facilitated by the Client
Services Director and a peer. Dinner and a speaker or activity.
Call for more information (978-283-0101)
Hepatitis C Support Group
· 2nd Saturday of the month
· 10:00 a.m.
The HCV support group is facilitated by a nurse and case manager.
It is open to all those living with HCV.
Refreshments.
Call Jason for more information (978-283-0101).
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Assistance |
Energy & Fuel
Assistance
If you, or anyone you know is looking help with
energy or fuel assistance this winter, please contact one of
the following organizations:
Cape Ann, Ipswich, Hamilton and Wenham: Contact Jennifer
Schmorrow at Action
Energy 978.283.2121
Salem, Peabody, Danvers and Beverly: Contact Kara
Ullestad at NSCAP 978.531.0767 |
Make
a Donation |
A gift to the North
Shore Health Project provides hope to people living with
with HIV, AIDS and Hepatitis C by providing free holistic
health care and support services.
Donate $75.00 and receive a free copy of our book:
20 Years / 20 Voices:
Interviews with Members of the North Shore Health Project
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Several years ago clients with HIV/AIDS talked intently about the
effect diet was having on their general health, and how different they
felt depending on what they were eating or drinking. One of the prime
topics was grapefruit juice. This was one of the best examples of how
clients, listening carefully to their own experiences, led medical
practitioners to new discoveries. Grapefruit juice interfered with
the metabolism of HIV medications, and clients qui ckly
passed this information along to their friends.
We're having the same experience with Hepatitis C. Clients who attend
the monthly Hep C support group learn things their doctors cannot tell
them, medication side-effects, symptoms, and quirky but useful responses.
A case manager and HCV nurse facilitate the group, but at the end of
each session, they have learned as much as the clients, sometimes more.
This is the way we prefer to operate at the Health Project. We learn
from each other, take the lead of our clients, and regularly look for
other agencies and specialists who can help us provide the best possible
services to anyone who comes through the door. If you have a skill
to offer, or you just want to volunteer occasionally, give us a call.
Our door is always open.
Susan Oleksiw
Executive Director |
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Clinical
Trial Resources |
Clinical Trials
Find a list of open clinical trials at Massachusetts General Hospital
(MGH), the Brigham and Womens Hospital (BWH), and other Partners
HealthCare System institutions in a therapeutic area of interest
to you.
Browse
Clinical Trials by Therapeutic Area
The AIDS Clinical Trials Unit (ACTU) at Massachusetts General
Hospital is seeking HIV-1 and Hepatitis C co-infected
individuals over the age of 18 to participate in a research study.
The study will look at a new treatment for people with insulin
resistance who have not responded to previous peginteferon/ribavirin
therapy. Subjects will receive Actos for the first 24 weeks then
add peginteferon/ribavirin therapy for an additional 48 weeks.
To qualify you must have a CD4 count ¡Ý200, have
HCV genotype 1 virus, currently on stable HIV treatment for 12
weeks or no treatment, and are Hepatitis A or B negative. Read
More...
Other Resources:
CISCRP ~
The Center for Information and Study on Clinical Research Participation.
Center
Watch ~ Clinical Trials Listing Service
Clinical
Trials.gov ~ Search Clinical Trials.
MedlinePlus ~
A service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National
Institutes of Health
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Cambridge,
Boston AIDS Nonprofits Merge
In an historic move designed to improve services for those
infected, affected and at risk for HIV/AIDS, the boards of the
AIDS Action Committee and Cambridge Cares About AIDS have
voted to merge their organizations.
Read
More...
UNAIDS
Launches Plan To Address Gender Equality, HIV/AIDS
UNAIDS on March 2, 2010 launched a five-year initiative to help tackle
gender inequalities and human rights violations that increase the
vulnerability of women worldwide to HIV/AIDS. Read
More...
National
Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Service, Office on Women's
Health is the lead for this day. The 2010 theme is "HIV is Right
Here at Home".
Read
More...
A
video of the Public Meeting: National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS)
The meeting provided an update on the framework for the NHAS and
provided an opportunity for participants to meet the Federal HIV/AIDS
Interagency Working Group. This group is made up of representatives
from agencies working on HIV/AIDS across the Federal government,
including White House offices, and is responsible for developing
the NHAS. Watch
the Video... |
The United States spends more than any other nation in the world
on health care - in 2007 we spent $2.2 trillion. Despite consistent
increases in spending, disparities among demographic groups persist.
Low-income Americans and racial and ethnic minorities experience
disproportionately higher rates of disease, fewer treatment options,
and reduced access to care. With unemployment on the rise, the disparities
already apparent among these groups will continue to increase. It
is vital that health reform reduces costs to make health care affordable;
protects a patient's choice of doctors, hospitals, and insurance
plans; invests in prevention and wellness; and assures quality, affordable
health care for all Americans. Read
More....
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Join
the United Way "MATCH" MADNESS! |
Donate by March 31 !!
Donate by March 31st and your gift will be matched, dollar
for dollar AND you could win one of these prizes!
(drawing held April 1)
· Signed
Ray Allen Jersey
· Tickets
to Celtics vs Cleveland Cavilers
· Tickets
to Celtics vs Milwaukee Bucks
· Tickets
to the Bruins vs Hurricanes
As
we enter the last stretch of the campaign, we still need
to raise $100,000 to avoid having to cut critical programs
that provide needed services to 22,000 North Shore residents. Thanks to a very generous group of donors
who stepped forward with a second donation to this year's
campaign, we a re able to match every donation made during
March. So...
 If
you give $25, the NSUW gets $50.
If you give $100, the NSUW gets $200.
Make your donation count twice!
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our 20th Anniversary book: 20 Years/20 Voices: Interviews
with Members of the North Shore Health Project
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