STOP AIDS project
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Stop AIDS Project is a United States non-profit organization
established in 1985 that works to prevent HIV
transmission among all gay
, bisexual, and trans men in San Francisco, California, through multicultural, community-based organizing. Internationally recognized as a successful model of grassroots prevention and support, SAP brings diverse gay, bisexual, and trans men together to talk about the challenges and issues posed by Human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV
/AIDS
) through neighborhood outreach, workshops and community forums.
Their work extends beyond education—helping change behavior, create personal commitment to safer sex, build community support for each individual, with the mission statement
: HIV transmission can be prevented.
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Non-profit organization
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established in 1985 that works to prevent HIV
HIV
Human immunodeficiency virus is a lentivirus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome , a condition in humans in which progressive failure of the immune system allows life-threatening opportunistic infections and cancers to thrive...
transmission among all gay
Gay
Gay is a word that refers to a homosexual person, especially a homosexual male. For homosexual women the specific term is "lesbian"....
, bisexual, and trans men in San Francisco, California, through multicultural, community-based organizing. Internationally recognized as a successful model of grassroots prevention and support, SAP brings diverse gay, bisexual, and trans men together to talk about the challenges and issues posed by Human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV
HIV
Human immunodeficiency virus is a lentivirus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome , a condition in humans in which progressive failure of the immune system allows life-threatening opportunistic infections and cancers to thrive...
/AIDS
AIDS
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus...
) through neighborhood outreach, workshops and community forums.
Their work extends beyond education—helping change behavior, create personal commitment to safer sex, build community support for each individual, with the mission statement
Mission statement
A mission statement is a statement of the purpose of a company or organization. The mission statement should guide the actions of the organization, spell out its overall goal, provide a path, and guide decision-making...
: HIV transmission can be prevented.
Mission
The mission of STOP AIDS Project is to prevent HIV transmission among all gay, bisexual and transgender men in San Francisco through collaborative and multicultural, community- based organizing.External links
Programs
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