Epidemic Without an Identity
Posted on November 2, 2008
Filed Under MSN Gay News, News
Latino immigrants, especially the undocumented, are notoriously difficult to reach with HIV information and services. But we’d better figure out how to better serve this population — and quickly — experts warn. Although Latinos represent only 13% of the U.S. population, they account for 19% of new AIDS diagnoses and 19% of all U.S. AIDS cases. They have an AIDS case rate more than three times that of whites, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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