31

July
2008

600,000 African-Americans Living With HIV

category: Dafé’s Café - Daily Dose of Medical News,MyDocHub
by Dafé,

And 30,000 are infected every year. This is an epidemic of great proportions. According to the New York Times, the hypothetical nation of black America would rank below 104 other countries in life expectancy.

Also, “more black Americans were living with the AIDS virus than the infected populations in Botswana, Ethiopia, Guyana, Haiti, Namibia, Rwanda or Vietnam — 7 of the 15 countries that receive support from the administration’s anti-AIDS program.” It seems to me that more money needs to be spent here at home, in the U.S., and not just in developing nations.

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