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  • 2022 Year in Review

    FIGHT Receives $20,000 Challenge Grant to Support Medical-Dental Integration at Pediatrics and Young Adult Medicine Center Dr. Mario Cruz, Medical Director of Pediatrics and Young Adult Medicine, and Chief Dental Officer Dr. Kari Hexem received a $20,000 challenge grant from the Jerome B. Miller Foundation to bolster medical-dental integration at the Pediatrics and Young Adult…

  • World AIDS Day Prayer Breakfast

    On December 1, 2022,  Philadelphia FIGHT held its annual World AIDS Day Prayer Breakfast.  We were back in person for the first time since 2019.  Under the leadership of Bishop Ernest McNear, the Prayer Breakfast featured an award to Rev. Dr. Calenthia Dowdy for Outstanding Faith Leader of 2022, and a powerful address by Rev. Nick Taliaferro of WURD radio.

  • Information About Monkeypox (Mpox) for the Community 

    On June 2, 2022, the Philadelphia Department of Public Health announced the first case of monkeypox in Philadelphia. Our goal is to provide information about monkeypox without contributing to stigma or fear.

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