AIDS Action Baltimore

AIDS Action Baltimore, Inc (AAB) is a non-profit, tax-exempt corporation under Section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. AAB is dedicated to the support and education of people with HIV and the prevention of HIV. AAB provides educational, financial, and emotional support for people with HIV and HIV prevention services in the Baltimore metropolitan area. AAB provides peer counseling and a support services referral line. We maintain an HIV financial assistance program that provides financial assistance for housing, utilities and medical bills. AAB also administers Project TEA Time and PrEP Up, HIV prevention programs for transgender people and MSM that promote HIV testing and help people get linked to care and treatment, and remain in treatment. AAB has recently begun advocating for research, treatment and support services for people with hepatitis C virus (HCV). Many people are co-infected with both HIV and HCV. We also advocate for more efficient and more effective treatment services and research programs for people with HIV and HCV as well as fair pricing for newly approved drugs and limited price increases for HIV and HCV drugs. AAB advocates for more effective treatment and research programs for HIV and HCV. AAB representatives work directly with officials of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the National Institutes of Health (NIH), including NIAID’s AIDS Clinical Trials Group (ACTG), the Johns Hopkins University AIDS Service, the Maryland State Infectious Disease and Environmental Health Administration, and all leading HIV and HCV pharmaceutical companies in conjunction with many national community organizations. AAB also provides research and treatment information on our web site to assist people with HIV and HCV and their families, advocates and care providers with essential information on the latest in research and treatment news. (www.aidsactionbaltimore.org)

AAB provides all these services with four full-time and one part-time employees, and our committed volunteers.