December 1, 2001
World AIDS Day
Another December without a cure.
"Every day more than 8,000 people die of AIDS. Every hour almost 600 people become infected. Every minute a child dies of the virus." - Kofi Annan
More than 40 million people worldwide are now living with HIV.
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Youth at Risk
- 50% of new infections in the U.S. are among people under the age of 25.
- Each year, over 20,000 people under 25 become HIV+ in the U.S.
- At least one American under the age of 20 becomes infected with HIV every hour of every day.
- 58% of all adolescent AIDS cases in the U.S. are young women.
- 70% of new U.S. adolescent AIDS cases are African-American, and 24% Latino; yet, these groups are only 13% and 15% respectively of U.S. adolescents.
- A recent study reported that as many as one third of young gay black men are HIV+.
- Almost half of young gay men admit to having had unprotected sex in the previous six months.
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