So, we made it to Essence Mag, YET AGAIN a few months back as I aforemention in previous emails, and now, we have Mayor Fenty heavily involved reporting the most accurate numbers "numbers?" They're stating 1/33 in WDC has either HIV or AIDS but to be exact 1/20 - HIV and 1/50 - HIV a/o 2006/2007 reports show. Currently 1 out of 4 people in the US (in the whole number of 1 million) have HIV and do not know it! In PGC, about more than 1/2 of the cases are Black American cases of HIV/AIDS. ANYWAY - it's ALWAYS been a huge deal, but now that the eyes of DMV residents are finally being opened by the DC Mayor and the infamous Fox 5 News - it's HUGE, so here's the article, and as always - please, "be educated. be healthy. and LIVE....passionately!" The HIV discussion sponsored by the members of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. that I conducted this past weekend was a HUGE success - thank you for your support and prayers. KNOW YOUR STATUS - be not afraid b/c what we suffer from most is IGNORANCE.------------
Courtesy of:http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpp/news/local/031609_dc_hiv_aids_rates_rise
HIV-AIDS Cases Rise in D.C.
Last Edited: Monday, 16 Mar 2009, 6:03 AM EDT
Created On: Monday, 16 Mar 2009, 5:55 AM EDTWASHINGTON
A report scheduled for release Monday says at least 3 percent of residents in the nation's capital are living with HIV or AIDS and every mode of transmission is on the rise.The findings in the 2008 epidemiology report by the D.C. HIV/AIDS Administration point to a severe epidemic that's affecting every race and gender across the population and neighborhoods.Director Shannon Hader says Washington's AIDS rates are higher than West Africa and on par with Uganda and parts of Kenya.The report, obtained by The Washington Post, updates a landmark 2007 study that discovered the epidemic had moved from affecting a mostly gay population to a general one, and that it disproportionately affected blacks.The study found that the number of HIV and AIDS cases jumped 22 percent from the 12,428 reported in 2006.
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Michelle D. Morgan, mba
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