www.24perday.com Nightly News DC’s rising AIDS rate ‘worse than West Africa

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In terms of global HIV prevalence rates, the Caribbean region ranks second only to sub-Saharan Africa. Approximately 230000 people are living with HIV and AIDS in the Caribbean. And in some places — like Haiti and the Bahamas — AIDS remains one of the leading causes of death. Daljit Dhaliwal sits down with Julia Greenberg, the associate director of AIDS-Free World, a global advocacy group tackling HIV/AIDS. They place Jamaicas AIDS epidemic within the context of the Caribbean region, address …

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On Tuesday, February 19th, 2008, at 12pm, local youth HIV/AIDS activists will hold a press conference in front of Graham, Putnam and Mahoney Funeral Home at 838 Main Street, Worcester, demanding that the US Centers for Disease Control release statistics showing that 50% more people per year are infected with HIV than previously believed. The CDC has had these statistics since at least November 2007, but has yet to publically release them or make them available on the CDC website….

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