Increase in New HIV Infections at Whitman-Walker
NBC4 reports on new HIV infections at Whitman-Walker Clinic: "There have been 266 new HIV diagnoses in the first half of 2008, a 232 percent from the number of cases in the first half of 2007, according to the clinic. One-third of the newly diagnosed patients have full-blown AIDS, the clinic said. The new infections were found primarily in two groups, gay men and African-Americans, according to the clinic."
Labels: Surveillance, WWC
2 Comments:
This is sad sad news. DC activist groups and HIV NGOs need to make prevention part of their agenda.. I can;t remember the last time I was a gay event, including DC pride, and was handed a condom and given counsling about safer sex.
That's because the new hetero CEO of Whitman Walker has no interest in gay men's health and has let all the prevention efforts die out.
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