Compassion in Action
On Jan. 20, about 150 people attended Asian Pacific AIDS Intervention Team’s (APAIT) Ribbon-cutting and Open House for their new APAIT Health Center in the Pico Union/Westlake area. “The move will expand services to meet the needs of the diverse community residing there. Services will include medical and dental. Councilmember Jan Perry, Ricki Rosales from the [...]
NEW DELHI: Could an antibody from the blood of a HIV patient help create the elusive HIV vaccine? The hunt has begun to identify 100 volunteers belonging to a rare group of HIV infected patients who stay healthy for years without requiring life-saving antiretroviral treatment (ART). These antibodies in their blood are the ones that [...]
The road to a vaccine to protect against HIV and AIDS has run into a lot of dead ends, but a new study in monkeys suggests a new path may have been found. Researchers say two new experimental vaccines partially protected monkeys from an HIV like infection, reducing the likelihood of contracting the disease by 80% to 83%, compared [...]
I hope you can join us at our Open House on January 20, between 10am – 7pm. We’ll be showing off our new clinic and our new offices! We’ll have free food and giveaways. Ribbon Cutting ceremony at 11am. Validated parking, enter on Burlington. We can’t wait to see you! PLEASE RSVP to Silvia by [...]
A packed house filled the David Henry Huang Theater, in Little Tokyo, anxiously awaiting the results for Miss Quest: Woman of the Year 2011. That prized moment was the culmination of countless hours of preparation, and determination for all the delegates. After two days of competition, the distinguished panel of judges selected Octavia Hamlett, representing the Whittier [...]
For Immediate Release: December 2, 2011 Contact: Alex Trac O: 714-636-1669 Email: alext@apaitonline.org The entertainment lineup and celebrity guests have been announced for the 8th Annual Quest: Woman of the Year advocacy pageant. Danny Batimana and his protégé Jeff Caluag from the acclaimed dance group Team Millennia (season winner of America’s Best Dance Crew) will [...]
PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release: November 22, 2011 Contact: Alex Trac O: 714-636-1669 Email: alext@apaitonline.org APAIT Health Center to Honor Assemblymember Bonnie Lowenthal with Visionary Leadership Award at QUEST: Woman of the Year California State Assemblymember Bonnie Lowenthal will be presented with the Visionary Leadership Award at this year’s QUEST: Woman of the Year. Representing [...]
For Immediate Release: November 16, 2011 Contact: Alex Trac, O: 714-636-1669, alext@apaitonline.org Team Millennia to Choreograph QUEST: Woman of the Year Performances Danny Batimana and Jeff Caluag, members of acclaimed dance company Team Millennia, will be choreographing two routines for the 2011 QUEST advocacy pageant. Upon creating Team Millennia in 1994, Danny has since gone [...]
APAIT Health Center, formerly Asian Pacific AIDS Intervention Team, is proud to present its annual transgender advocacy pageant on Saturday, December 10, 2011, at 7:00pm. The event will be held at the David Henry Hwang Theatre at East West Players, 120 Judge John Aiso St., Los Angeles CA 90012.
Motivating Pacific Islanders and Asians to Come Together, now simply iMPACT (in the spirit of the agency’s forward movement towards a more inclusive cadre of services), is celebrating its first year anniversary November 2, 2011 at VLVT Lounge in downtown Santa Ana, marking a great first year of APAIT Health Center Orange County’s social support group for gay/bi/curious men.