White House calls for communities to take action on National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
 White House calls for communities to take action on National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
Sunday, February 7, 2010 marked the tenth annual National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. The day signifies a time where communities focus on strategy, testing, awareness, and treatment for HIV/AIDS in the black community.
According to the CDC, blacks make up approximately 12% of the United States’ population and approximately 510,000 HIV cases in the United States are diagnosed in blacks. It is also estimated that African American account for 24,900 new cases of HIV each year. The statistics are staggering; the CDC continues to report that 1 out of 16 black men and 1 out of 30 black women will be diagnosed with HIV.
The rate of infection in black males is approximately six times higher than with white men and three times higher than Hispanic males. Twice as many black men are diagnosed than black women.
The majority of infections occur in black men who are gay or bisexual. What might be even more staggering than the rate of infection is the death rate. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention states that AIDS is the leading cause of death among black women between the ages of 25 and 34; the third leading cause of death in black women between the ages 35-44, and the fourth leading cause of death in black women between the ages of 45 and 54 years old.
On Sunday, Adelle Simmons, Policy Advisor in the Office of National Aids Policy highlighted some steps that President Obama has taken to address HIV/AIDS in the black community through the creation of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy. For more information regarding HIV/AIDS and for resources please visit: Aids.gov.
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