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Huffington Post Highlights AIDS in DC and TWC |
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Wednesday, 02 December 2009 |
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Jose Antonio Vargas highlighted AIDS in DC to mark World AIDS Day and highlighted how DC has two sides or "a city within a city" where AIDS is devestating the Black community.
Vargas notes that, "As we mark World AIDS Day -- aimed at continued global awareness of this never-ending pandemic -- here are facts about Washington, D.C., home to the first African Americans in the White House: At least 3 percent of the city's population is HIV-positive, and that's a conservative estimate, according to the city's HIV/AIDS Administration. Nearly 7 percent of all black men, who carry the burden of the city's epidemic, are infected. A little more than 7 percent of all residents age 40 to 49 carry the virus. For the record, President Barack Obama is 48 and First Lady Michelle Obama is 45."
Read the article, which highlights the work of TWC, on the Huffington Post and learn more now!
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