soundtrak: oasis: don't go away
today is world AIDS day. what did you do today? was today just a regular day for you? did you think about the million of people affected... dying... dead from AIDS? did you get tested? did you get your loved one tested? did you wear red, in rememberance?
i worked today. hard. so i can be a better scientist. so one day, i can find a cure. today, i thought about my aunt, who was sick and didn't know why. she's gone now. today, i thought about how people are saying that the only people left at home are the old and the very young; everybody else is dying or gone. it's an epidemic. what are you doing about it?
Taken from T.G.T:
World AIDS Day, held every year on December 1, is an opportunity to learn more about how the HIV/AIDS pandemic is adversely affecting people across the world. In 2003, nearly 5 million people became infected, raising the number of people living with HIV to an estimated 38 million. The disease took the lives of almost 3 million men and women last year.
In the United States, it is estimated that up to 950,000 Americans are living with HIV, with an estimated 40,000 new infections every year. Worse, HIV disproportionately strikes minorities. American minorities as a whole represent over half of all AIDS cases since the beginning of the epidemic in the 1980s.
The theme for this year's World AIDS Day is "Women, Girls, and HIV/AIDS." The disease's impact on women is increasingly alarming. Nearly 50 percent of all people living with HIV are female, with the proportion rising to 57 percent in sub-Saharan Africa. In Africa, women are infected at an earlier age than men and have access to fewer resources to prevent and fight the disease. Among African young people aged 15-24 years, a greater number of women are being infected. Gender inequalities, stigma, violence, and ignorance exacerbate the impact of HIV/AIDS on women. In the United States, minority women - particularly African Americans-make up the vast majority of AIDS cases among women. Rates of HIV/AIDS diagnoses in African-American women are much higher than those of women in other racial/ethnic groups (19 times those of white women and 5 times those of Hispanic women in 32 states with stable HIV/AIDS reporting). AIDS is one of the leading causes of death among all women aged 25-44 years.
...I encourage everyone to learn more about HIV/AIDS and what we can do to stop it.
* Visit the World AIDS Day Observance Day Web site...
* Get Tested! Learn your HIV status by taking advantage of free, rapid, confidential testing services. Find a testing site near you
* Attend a World AIDS Day event in your community.
* Discuss the epidemic and what you can do about it with family, friends, and community members.
World AIDS Day is just one day, but our commitment must be year-round. We must endeavor to learn and promote the facts about HIV/AIDS, since information and awareness are the most powerful tools we have in the struggle to stop the spread of this disease.
peace.
today is world AIDS day. what did you do today? was today just a regular day for you? did you think about the million of people affected... dying... dead from AIDS? did you get tested? did you get your loved one tested? did you wear red, in rememberance?
i worked today. hard. so i can be a better scientist. so one day, i can find a cure. today, i thought about my aunt, who was sick and didn't know why. she's gone now. today, i thought about how people are saying that the only people left at home are the old and the very young; everybody else is dying or gone. it's an epidemic. what are you doing about it?
Taken from T.G.T:
World AIDS Day, held every year on December 1, is an opportunity to learn more about how the HIV/AIDS pandemic is adversely affecting people across the world. In 2003, nearly 5 million people became infected, raising the number of people living with HIV to an estimated 38 million. The disease took the lives of almost 3 million men and women last year.
In the United States, it is estimated that up to 950,000 Americans are living with HIV, with an estimated 40,000 new infections every year. Worse, HIV disproportionately strikes minorities. American minorities as a whole represent over half of all AIDS cases since the beginning of the epidemic in the 1980s.
The theme for this year's World AIDS Day is "Women, Girls, and HIV/AIDS." The disease's impact on women is increasingly alarming. Nearly 50 percent of all people living with HIV are female, with the proportion rising to 57 percent in sub-Saharan Africa. In Africa, women are infected at an earlier age than men and have access to fewer resources to prevent and fight the disease. Among African young people aged 15-24 years, a greater number of women are being infected. Gender inequalities, stigma, violence, and ignorance exacerbate the impact of HIV/AIDS on women. In the United States, minority women - particularly African Americans-make up the vast majority of AIDS cases among women. Rates of HIV/AIDS diagnoses in African-American women are much higher than those of women in other racial/ethnic groups (19 times those of white women and 5 times those of Hispanic women in 32 states with stable HIV/AIDS reporting). AIDS is one of the leading causes of death among all women aged 25-44 years.
...I encourage everyone to learn more about HIV/AIDS and what we can do to stop it.
* Visit the World AIDS Day Observance Day Web site...
* Get Tested! Learn your HIV status by taking advantage of free, rapid, confidential testing services. Find a testing site near you
* Attend a World AIDS Day event in your community.
* Discuss the epidemic and what you can do about it with family, friends, and community members.
World AIDS Day is just one day, but our commitment must be year-round. We must endeavor to learn and promote the facts about HIV/AIDS, since information and awareness are the most powerful tools we have in the struggle to stop the spread of this disease.
peace.
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