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National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

SINCE THE DISTRICT is scarred by a soaring HIV/AIDS infection rate — the city has the highest rate of new AIDS cases per 100,000 people in the U.S., 10 times the national average — tomorrow's National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness and Information Day takes on additional importance.

As part of the day's activities, a coalition of organizations is examining how people released from prisons or halfway houses face health issues upon re-entering society. The health summit is being sponsored by Unity Health Care, the D.C. Mayor's Re-Entry Taskforce, Court Services Offender Supervision Agency and the Federal Bureau of Prisons.

Testing from last year has shown that "more than one of every 20 inmates at the D.C. jail" is infected with HIV/AIDS, The Post's Susan Levine reported at the time.

The summit is taking place Tuesday from 8:15 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the ARC Theatre at 1901 Mississippi Avenue.

» "Profile of the Epidemic" [Whitman-Walker Clinic]
» "City Tests Reveal Infection Rate Double the U.S. Average" [WaPo]
» "AIDS/HIV" [WaPo]

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COMMENTS (2)

  • how could they say that Alexandria have the high HIV rate.

    By Rochelle Proctor , Posted February 5, 2007 7:24 PM

  • It's called the Millennium Development Goals- they will reverse the spread of AIDS, end world hunger, eliminate extreme poverty, ensure environmental stability, any many other great things. Now pay attention and we can accomplish these with $50 billion annually before 2015. Now that's worth it!

    By KatieL , Posted February 5, 2007 7:55 PM
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