If I learned I was HIV positive, I would first turn to my family and friends for support and comfort. I have dear friends who are living courageously with this disease today. And, I have had dear friends who died courageously with this disease over the years. In all my actions, I would strive to live every day with their spirit leading me. With the knowledge that this disease was now affecting me personally, I believe that our connection would grow even deeper. With the courage I have witnessed, I would live to give a stronger and more hopeful voice to all of us.
The top two poster contest winners from Memorial High School received a congratulatory letter from Ms. Baldwin on her official Congressional letter head! Congresswoman Baldwin also gave congratulatory letters to the top two winners from Edgewood High School. Each year's winners also receive a special visit and photo opportunity with the Congresswoman in her Madison office.
Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin honors winning entrant, Rewais Hanna, for his winning HIV/AIDS awareness poster. Thank you to the Hanna family for their support! CONGRATULATIONS, Rewais!
THANK YOU, Ms. Baldwin!
On January 9, 2008 HIV/AIDS poster contest winners, Collin Burke and Kevin Julka, presented
United States Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin with a framed copy of their winning AIDS awareness posters
from "What if it Were You?" Thank you to Ms. Baldwin, Steve, Teri, Sandi
and the amazing parents for your support!
In 2009, 122 new cases of HIV infection have
been reported in Wisconsin since January
10,445 cases of HIV infection have been reported
in Wisconsin since 1983
Approximately 6,700 people are presumed living
with HIV/AIDS in Wisconsin today
22% of new HIV
cases were among young people ages 15-24
20% of new HIV
cases were among women
Race/ethnic
minorities comprise only 12% of the Wisconsin
population, but 54% of all HIV cases reported in
2008 were members of racial/ethnic minorities
In 2008, 68%
of all new HIV cases were among gay men
Experts estimate that 1 in 4 individuals living
with HIV are unaware of their status
HIV is a disease that affects people regardless
of age, gender, race, socioeconomic status and
sexual orientation
HIV infections have been reported in all 72
counties in Wisconsin, with concentration in
Milwaukee County
Nearly 40% of
HIV patients have no health care coverage
Over 50% of
HIV patients cannot afford their HIV medications
Every 9½ minutes (on average),
someone in the United States is infected with HIV, the virus
that causes AIDS.
In 2006, an estimated 56,300
people became infected with HIV.
More than 1 million people in
the United States are living with HIV.
Of those 1 million people living
with HIV, 1 out of 5 do not know they are infected. (People who
have HIV but don't know it can unknowingly pass the virus to
their partners.)
Despite new therapies, people
with HIV still develop AIDS.
Over 1 million people in the
United States have been diagnosed with AIDS.
More than 14,000 people with
AIDS still die each year in the United States.
AIDS
poster
by first
round
winner,
Shaina
Langlois-Malcolm
Shabazz
City
High
School
in Madison,
Wisconsin
Watch
for
our
winning
HIV/AIDS
awareness
posters
from
round
three
of our
contest,
which
ends
on May
15,
2009
