An informational packet given to potential members of the NBWHP's New York Chapter states, "the complexity and diversity of health problems experienced by Black women requires a comprehensive plan of action with strategies designed to identify and eliminate root causes, promote prevention and wellness by creating new health ways of living and relating, early diagnosis, treatment and follow-up, and maintenance of life with as much comfort, independence, dignity and joy for everyone, including those who have severe disabilities, or are chronically or terminally ill." This statement reflects a lot of the duality we find in the NBWHP's actions around HIV/AID of both promoting prevention of HIV/AIDS while supporting those who already had HIV/AIDS.