Today is National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, a day coordinated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office on Women’s Health to encourage people to take action and raise awareness about the impact the epidemic is having on women and girls.
More than 290,000 women in the U.S. are living with HIV; in fact women now account for more than one in four new cases of HIV and AIDS in this country.
HIV/AIDS is a major health issue for African American women. A new study released last week shows the HIV rate among black women living in some U.S. cities is the same rate as that of some African countries.
