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World AIDS Day 2010

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Today, December 1, the African American Planning Commission Inc., ("AAPCI") and other HIV/AIDS service providers in New York City and around the world are observing World AIDS Day to raise awareness of the global impact of HIV/AIDS. We recognize the success to date of global and domestic programs and commit to saving more lives.

For what AAPCI is doing about the HIV/AIDS epidemic which is destroying our communities, please visit Edwin's Place.

Stopping HIV/AIDS in the Black Community

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Over the last decade the prevalence of HIV infection in the United States has reached new highs and now rivals the numbers we see in sub-saharan Africa. According to Wafaa M. El-Sadr, director of the International Center for Aids Care and Treatment at Columbia University, more than half a million Americans became infected with HIV in the past decade taking the total tally to just over 1 million.

Cutting-Edge Research May Lead to New HIV/AIDS Drug Treatment

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In what promises to be good news for African Americans diagnosed with HIV/AIDS -- an epidemic that continues to be a major health crisis for the United States -- scientists may have found a new development after 20 years that could lead to better treatment, British and U.S. researchers announced at the beginning of the year.

AIDS Epidemic in Some US Cities Worse Than Global Hot Spots

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Despite advances in prevention and treatment, rates of HIV/AIDS in some parts of the U.S. are higher than those in sub-Saharan Africa, say the authors of a recent study in The New England Journal of Medicine.

National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day is on Sunday

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Even though African Americans account for about 13% of the United States population, they account for about half of the people who contract HIV and AIDS. HIV/AIDS is also the leading cause of death for black women ages 25-34. But detecting the disease early can greatly prolong life and that is the focus of National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day on Sunday.

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