Today marks the 11th year for National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. Even though Blacks make up 13% of the US population, we account for about half (49%)of the people who have HIV and AIDS. The HIV/AIDS epidemic in Black America is a continuing public health crisis for the United States. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, at the end of 2006, there were an estimated 1.1 million people living with the HIV infection, of which almost half are Black.
Get Educated. Get tested. Get involved. Get treated.
For more information on National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, visit http://blackaidsday.org. For more information on HIV/AIDS statistics, visit http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/surveillance/incidence.htm.
