Dr. D’s HIV/AIDS awareness and education page
I am a regional trainer for the American Psychological Association’s HIV Office of Psychology Education,
The HOPE Program.
 
   

As a nationally recognized expert on HIV/AIDS, I conduct trainings for psychologists, social workers, educators, school counselors, teachers, nurses, physicians, students, volunteers, case managers, outreach workers, and any other persons wanting and needing the latest information on HIV and AIDS.
 

Watch for education and information updates on this page.
 

NEW!! HIV EDUCATION COURSE FOR STUDENTS AND PROFESSIONALS!!
CLICK HERE FOR THE APPLICATION FORM

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FEBRUARY 7 IS NATIONAL BLACK HIV/AIDS AWARENESS DAY
for more information click here



HIV Timeline


Click here for the latest issue of Mental Health AIDS

december 1 is world AIDS day

click here to see how I commemorated World AIDS Day in 2005

BY THE TIME YOU FINISH READING THIS PAGE, FIVE MORE PEOPLE WILL
HAVE DIED OF AIDS. AN ADDITIONAL 7,995 WILL HAVE SUCCUMBED BY
THE TIME YOU LEAVE WORK TODAY.

EACH YEAR, 3 MILLION PEOPLE DIE OF AIDS, AND OVER 40 MILLION
MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN ARE INFECTED WITH HIV, DESPITE THE GREAT
STRIDES MADE BY HIV/AIDS ORGANIZATIONS AND MEDICAL RESEARCHERS
IN PREVENTION AND RESEARCH. THE THREAT TO THE NEXT GENERATION IS
IMMEASURABLE: 5 MILLION CHILDREN WERE INFECTED WITH HIV IN 2002
ALONE, AND AIDS ORPHANS NOW NUMBER 13 MILLION.

IT IS ESTIMATED THAT ONE IN FIVE ADULTS IN COUNTRIES THROUGHOUT
SOUTHERN AFRICA HAS BEEN INFECTED WITH HIV. IN THE UNITED
STATES, COMMUNITIES OF COLOR REPRESENT OVER 70 PERCENT OF ALL
NEW HIV INFECTIONS REPORTED EACH YEAR. AFRICAN-AMERICANS ALONE
REPRESENT HALF OF ALL NEW INFECTIONS, EVEN THOUGH THEY COMPOSE
ONLY 12 PERCENT OF THE GENERAL U.S. POPULATION. HISPANICS FOLLOW
CLOSELY WITH 18 PERCENT, AND ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDERS AND
NATIVE AMERICANS/ALASKAN NATIVES TOGETHER REPRESENT 2 PERCENT,
OF ALL NEW HIV CASES.
 
 
 

October 15, 2004:
"Abre Los Ojos: El VIH No Tiene Fronteras"


 
 



 
 
 
 
 

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