Among
youth age 13 to 19, 57 percent of reported
HIV
infections occurred among young women and 43 percent among young men
According
to the Centers for Disease Control,
AIDS is the leading cause of death for African-American women aged 25–34 years
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Race/ethnic
minorities comprise only 12% of the Wisconsin
population, but 54% of all HIV cases reported in
2007 were members of racial/ethnic minorities
In 2007, 69%
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
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supporters at
www.nationalaidsstrategy.org.
Twenty six years into the AIDS epidemic, the United States still has no
comprehensive strategic plan to
bring down HIV incidence, increase
access to HIV care, and reduce
racial disparities in the epidemic. The
wealthiest nation in the world is failing its own people in
responding to the AIDS epidemic at home: the
number of annual new HIV infections
has not fallen in 15 years and, as of 2002, an estimated half of
people living with HIV/AIDS were not in care.
African Americans represent 13% of the population but nearly half of all
new HIV infections. The next President of the United States must
develop a results-oriented
National AIDS Strategy designed to improve the outcomes of our
national response to AIDS.
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