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World AIDS Day
Transforming Health | 11.30.12
December 1 is World AIDS Day. It is a time to raise awareness about the global epidemic, to support the millions that are living with HIV/AIDS, and to remembers the millions more who have died.
About 1.1 million Americans are living with the HIV virus. Progress has been made in treatment and most who contract the disease are living longer. The bad news though is it's estimated that one-in-five don't know they have the HIV virus and that's one of the reasons testing is so important. Click here to learn about some of the signs and symptoms associated with the virus.
Some 50,000 become infected with the virus each year in the United States compared to about 130,000 in the mid-80s. Explore a timeline of AIDS here.
In this episode of Radio Smart Talk, host Scott LaMar discusses this important topic with Phil Goropoulos, president and CEO of Alder Health Services and Tamara Allen Wurst, HIV Provider Relations Manager at the Family Health Council of Central Pennsylvania.
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Phil Goropoulos, president and CEO of Alder Health Services and Tamara Allen Wurst, HIV Provider Relations Manager at the Family Health Council of Central Pennsylvania.
Please help raiswe awareness about AIDS on World AIDS Day, December 1st, 2012, by sharing this article with those you care about. And, please share your thoughts on this topic in the comments section.
This episode of Radio Smart Talk was broadcast on Thursday, November 29th, 2012.
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THealth
2012-12-04 14:12
Email from Troy S. of Millersburg:
I hesitate to bring up this topic, but feel it's important to hear for those who are unaware of it because of its relation to the AIDS topic.
In Uganda they had been trying to pass a law known commonly as the "Kill The Gays" bill, but worldwide condemnation forced them to table it. Now the President of Uganda wants to pass the bill into law by Christmas as a "present" to the people of Uganda.
The bill is popular among many people in Uganda based on their mistaken belief that gay people are the primary carriers of HIV / AIDS. Studies I have seen show infected mothers in many areas of Africa as being many of the primary carriers. This misinformation needs to be addressed as the demographics for straight / gay infections differ from country to country and region to region and have changed quite a bit over the years.
Could the speakers address the demographics and dispel some of the stereotypes please.