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.
HIV EDUCATION COURSE FOR
STUDENTS AND PROFESSIONALS!!
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FEBRUARY 7 IS NATIONAL BLACK HIV/AIDS AWARENESS DAY
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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"