Most of you know, but if you don't...fighting HIV/AIDS is my life and my purpose, so I try to spread the word about things going on the world that relate to HIV/AIDS. Although it's the Black awareness day, all people need to be alert - Do your part..get tested, go back for results and use protection for every sex act from start to finish. Whether you agree or disagree with the info below, know that this is an epidemic. I know you hear this alot - ramblings about AIDS..but we do it because people aren't listening. If they were..the rate would be decreasing..and it's not. If you are in the Philadelphia area, I will take and go with you to be tested in complete confidence. Or if you need support or have questions, I can refer you to places --- dyer95@hotmail.com. Okay, off my activist soapbox :). Take Care, Deesh
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The sixth annual National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day is February 7, 2006. This observance is sponsored by a coalition of nongovernment organizations, with support from CDC, to call attention to the disproportionate impact of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) on the black population in the United States.

HIV/AIDS was also among the top three causes of death for black men aged 25--54 years and among the top four causes of death for black women aged 25--54 years in 2002, the most recent year for which those data are available
HIV/AIDS was the leading cause of death for black women aged 25--34 years (2).


Race and ethnicity alone are not risk factors for HIV infection. However, blacks are more likely to face certain risk factors for HIV infection and barriers to testing and treatment, including poverty and limited access to health care and HIV prevention education (3--5). Testing, health-care, education, and prevention services remain critical to stopping the spread of HIV in this community.

Information about HIV/AIDS and the black community is available from CDC at telephone 1-800-CDC-INFO and at www.cdcnpin.org and www.cdc.gov Information about National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day is available at www.blackaidsday.org