"Aids in America is a black disease"...
Report: Black U.S. AIDS rates rival some African nations
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Report: AIDS epidemic in black America as severe as in parts of Africa
CDC: About half of the just over 1 million Americans living with HIV or AIDS are black
AIDS leading cause of death among black women between ages 25 and 34
In Washington, more than 80 percent of HIV cases are among black people
LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- The AIDS epidemic among African-Americans in some parts of the United States is as severe as in parts of Africa, according to a report out Tuesday.
"Left Behind - Black America: A Neglected Priority in the Global AIDS" is intended to raise awareness and remind the public that the "AIDS epidemic is not over in America, especially not in Black America," says the report, published by the Black AIDS Institute, an HIV/AIDS think tank focused exclusively on African-Americans.
"AIDS in America today is a black disease," says Phill Wilson, founder and CEO of the institute and himself HIV-positive for 20 years. "2006 CDC data tell us that about half of the just over 1 million Americans living with HIV or AIDS are black."
Although black people represent only about one in eight Americans, one in every two people living with HIV in the United States is black, the report notes.
The report uses just-released data from UNAIDS and existing CDC and Census data to highlight grim statistics:
• AIDS remains the leading cause of death among black women between ages 25 and 34. It's the second-leading cause of death in black men 35-44. Explainer: AIDS: A black disease »
• In Washington, more than 80 percent of HIV cases are among black people, that's one in 20 residents. iReport: AIDS in Washington's older population
"Five percent of the entire population (in DC) is infected... that's comparable to countries like Uganda or South Africa," Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told CNN for the recent "Black in America" documentary.
According to this report, if black Americans made up their own country, it would rank above Ethiopia (420,000 to 1,300,000) and below Ivory Coast (750,000) in HIV population. Both Ethiopia and the Ivory Coast are among the 15 nations receiving funds from the President's Emergency Plan For Aids Relief. The United States has given about $15 billion to PEPFAR nations in the past five years. Tell us: What's your experience being black in America?
The Black AIDS Institute says it's not criticizing the federal government for helping poorer countries cope with the AIDS epidemic. Rather, it's saying the "AIDS epidemic [in the U.S.] is not getting the kind attention that it merits." Watch more on the new report on AIDS and African-Americans »
"We understand the needs of black folk in Johannesburg (South Africa)," Wilson says. "Why can't we understand the needs of them in Jackson, Mississippi? We understand the needs in Nigeria or Botswana, why not understand the needs of Los Angeles or Oakland?" Watch: AIDS in the black community »
Wilson says more needs to be done to prevent the spread of HIV in this country. The report states that the U.S. government "increased spending on HIV prevention, treatment and support programs for low-income countries dramatically, at the same time that domestic remained all but flat." Dr. Sanjay Gupta on genes, African-Americans and HIV risk »
According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, domestic prevention efforts make up the smallest part of the HIV/AIDs budget, the 2009 budget request includes $892 million for domestic HIV prevention efforts, the same as in 2008. iReport.com: Spelman women discuss HIV and AIDS
In this report, Wilson and others urge the federal government and private foundations to significantly increase funding for HIV prevention and treatment programs. The report also calls on international agencies to hold the U.S. government accountable for failure to address HIV/AIDS epidemic in its own country (despite lauding it for its PEPFAR efforts). It also urges black communities in the United States to fight the stigma and overcome prejudice associated with being infected with HIV.
"Peggy" found out 10 years ago that she was HIV positive. The fact that she's asked us to not use her real name is an example of the stigma that's still attached to having the virus that causes AIDS, especially in the African-American community.
"I don't really talk to many other people about it, 'cause I guess maybe, they don't want to talk," says the 27-year-old Lake Charles, Louisiana, woman. Others like her, she says, are still too ashamed to admit they have HIV. AC 360 Blog: The cavalry is not coming to save us
Marvelyn Brown, 24, of Washington, is more open about her status. She learned she had HIV when she was only 19, after one time of unprotected sex while in a monogamous relationship.
Brown has told her story in a book, "The Naked Truth, " and to CNN in last week's special report, "Black in America." She regularly addresses community groups, trying to help educate blacks about the risk of of HIV and AIDS.
The report was funded by the Ford Foundation and the Elton John AIDS Foundation.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/condi...ort/index.html
allahwacbah
Iran's president on Tuesday blamed the United States and other "big powers" for global ills such as nuclear proliferation and AIDS, and accused them of exploiting the United Nations for their own gain and the developing world's loss.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25904174/
He is correct, AIDS was made in lab
He's about done, right?
allahwacbah
http://www.aljazeera.net/english
yo this channel is so sucker free...no propaganda and shit, the US attacked its broadcasting center a few years ago..fuck CNN, BBC and Fox News aljazeera is the shit, too bad its banned in most US states!!
You need to work hard on your mental and physical fitness...
But me, as you can see I'm doing well with my lyrical sickness...
Originally Posted by OriginalGangsta
Hhahaha Have you seen Irans President? He looks like a shopkeeper
'Shad, they do keep it real on that network.
allahwacbah
have u seen americans?
they look homo
wtf, that's stupid man
juss cuz he's a thin man with a slight beard doesn't mean he looks like a shopkeeper
but then again, stereotypes are in the eyes of the beholder i guess
the richest arabian man on the planet who owns all that oil money probably would look like a shopkeeper to u 2
No its not stupid he actually does, there was a happy shopper near where i used to live & the shop keeper looks like him.
Stop being a cunt
So should he be ignored because of his looks?
Piff being a racist shouldn't come surprise to anybody.
NOW DROP!
some shopkeepers are well armed... did you know that?
You need to work hard on your mental and physical fitness...
But me, as you can see I'm doing well with my lyrical sickness...
They have to be, of course.
allahwacbah
hurry up and buy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nah, it's more like... "I am sorry, the slurpie machine is broken"... but fuck that, my people do what they have to in order to make it in this world.
Anyway, everyone out there having unprotected sex with multiple partners like they're stealth need to take note of this article.
allahwacbah
with statistics like this, Im sure these people must be wearing protection of some kind, the question here is, do condoms really work?
That dude is intelligent as fuck. He has a PHD and hes an engineer. He might look like a shopkeeper but his mind is razor sharp. I saw a few translated interviews with him. Dude has his head in the right place. Rep the USA till I die, but our goverment is full of devils.
Iran's president is the same man who denies the holocaust ever happened and says he will blow Israel off of the face of the earth.. I wouldnt call that "Razor Sharp"..
Run for your life from the man who tells you that money is evil. That sentence is the leper's bell of an approaching looter. So long as men live together on earth and need means to deal with one another-their only substitute, if they abandon money, is the muzzle of a gun.
- Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged
He did not say he will blow up israel off the face of the earth
that's media that twisted his words, do ur research
he may not have the best of rhetorics but his words do get twisted alot
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25904174/
check that link, you can't disagree with the majority of what he says
he did not say "blow israel off the face of the earth" you little ignorant...Israel started the feud when Ehud said "Iran shouldn't be a member of the UN"
the Mahmoud Ahmadinajati said "Israel should not be on the face of the planet"...he just replied to the zionist why is that a big deal...and his mind is "Razor Sharp" like it or love.
You need to work hard on your mental and physical fitness...
But me, as you can see I'm doing well with my lyrical sickness...
u know what pisses me off?
firstly america is israel's bitch
and when americans say that they should take care of themselves and stop financing israel or being the world's bully on their behalf ppl call them anti-semites.
thats just so damn ignorant beyond belief
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