Sunday, July 6, 2008


Women of color account for 79 percent of all new infections among women 13 to 19 years of age, and 75 percent among women 20 to 24 years of age.
Among all HIV cases in people 13 to 19 years of age, women of color account for 50 percent of them.
In 2002, AIDS was the leading cause of death among black women 25 to 34 years old.
It’s obvious that women are being impacted by HIV at an alarming rate. But why is this? If HIV does not discriminate, how can these statistical differences be explained? The sad truth is that women are more vulnerable to HIV infection in many ways.

1 comment:

af said...

i think the african american commnity is still kind of shy about talking about hiv/aids b/c it brings forth alot of taboos. drug use/homosexuality/etc.

*situational homosexuality (a la: gay sex in prison)

*drug use (crack epidemic in the 80s changd the blk community completely, turnd mothers into fiends)

*unsafe heterosexual sex

*and the "DL" shih they try and label black men with

are all factours in the rise of aids cases. i say these schools become more aggresive in telling students about sex/safe sex/condom use/ self esteem/saying no/etc.