AIDS: The Cavalry is Not Coming to Save Us

Pernessa Seele, who founded the group Balm in Gilead, writes on Anderson Cooper 360 Blog:

The world has been very consumed with the devastation of AIDS in Africa. Great! However, there should be a worldwide out-cry that 1 in 20 persons living in Washington, DC, our nation’s capital, is living with the AIDS virus. Over 80% of these persons living with HIV in Washington, DC, are Black Americans.

The HIV prevalence rate in Washington, DC, (5%) is fast approaching the levels of infection in Uganda (5.4%).

read the entire article at Anderson Cooper 360:.

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