HIV Populations
UNAIDS: HIV Infections among Children Drop by Half in African Countries
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- Category: Pregnancy & HIV MTCT
- Published on Thursday, 27 June 2013 00:00
- Written by UNAIDS
New HIV infections among children by fallen by at least 50% since 2009 in 7 high-prevalence countries in sub-Saharan Africa, largely due to improvements in preventing mother-to-child transmission, according to a Global Plan progress report issued this week by UNAIDS.
May 19 is National Asian and Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
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- Category: Race/Ethnicity
- Published on Wednesday, 15 May 2013 00:00
- Written by Liz Highleyman
This Sunday, May 19, marks the 9th annual observation of National Asian and Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, an occasion to increase awareness of HIV within these communities and stress the importance of testing and treatment.
March 10 Is National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
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- Category: Women & HIV
- Published on Sunday, 10 March 2013 00:00
- Written by Liz Highleyman
Sunday is National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NWGHAAD), an annual opportunity to call attention to the burden of HIV and AIDS among women and girls worldwide.
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), women and adolescent girls (aged 13 and older) accounted for 21% of the nearly 50,000 new HIV diagnoses in the U.S. in 2011. The CDC estimates that just over 279,000 women and girls were living with HIV at the end of 2009 -- including 15% who are not aware they are infected.
April 10 is National Youth HIV and AIDS Awareness Day
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- Category: Children & Adolescents
- Published on Wednesday, 10 April 2013 00:00
- Written by Liz Highleyman
Wednesday, April 10, is the first-ever National Youth HIV + AIDS Awareness Day, an occasion to raise awareness of the epidemic among young people in the U.S.
February 7 is National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
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- Category: Race/Ethnicity
- Published on Wednesday, 06 February 2013 00:00
- Written by Liz Highleyman
February 7 is the 13th annual observance of National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NBHAAD), an opportunity to raise awareness about HIV and AIDS among African Americans -- the group that bears the greatest burden of the epidemic in the U.S.
Based on the latest surveillance data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), African Americans account for 44% of all new HIV infections and nearly half of all adults and adolescents living with HIV in the U.S., even though they make up only about 14% of the total population. And while the number of new infections among African-American women has begun to decline, black women still have an HIV incidence rate about 20 times higher than that of white women and 5 times higher than that of Latina women.
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