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Thursday, February 9, 2012
African Americans In San Diego And Nationwide Still Have Highest HIV Infection Rate
Aired 2/9/12
Guests
Lisa Cosby, Triage Nurse UC San Diego's Owens Clinic
Acintia Wright, HIV Aids counselor at the San Ysidro Health Center, she is a mother of four who has been living with HIV since 1995
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, African-Americans are the racial group most affected by the HIV/Aids virus. The rates of infection among blacks remain disproportionately high. Here in San Diego County, African Americans make up 5 percent of the population, but 13 percent of HIV cases. Community activists say raising awareness and talking about AIDS, once a taboo subject, is helping to bring down those numbers.
www.colorlines.com
Above: This graphic, developed by www.colorlines.com uses Centers for Disease Control and Prevention DATA to illustrate how Black Americans are disproportionately affected by HIV/AIDS. Used with permission.
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