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These numbers identify the first and most obvious impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic on American society: the large population of infected, sick, and dying persons attacked by a previously unknown disease.
22 Απρ 2024 · At a glance. HIV remains a persistent problem in the United States. In the United States, estimated HIV infections decreased 12% overall from 2018 to 2022. Learn more about HIV trends in the United States. Fast facts. HIV affects some groups more than others.
20 Μαρ 2021 · We analysed publicly available HIV surveillance data and census data to describe: current HIV prevalence and new HIV diagnoses by region, race or ethnicity, and age; trends in HIV diagnoses over time by HIV acquisition risk and age; and the distribution of HIV prevalence by geographical area.
Today, HIV/AIDS disproportionately affects African-Americans more than any other racial or ethnic group in the USA (CDC, 2017). Currently representing only 13% of the US population, African-Americans now comprise close to half of the total reported HIV/AIDS cases in the USA according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC, 2017).
WHO fact sheet on HIV and AIDS with key facts and information on signs and symptoms, transmission, risk factors, testing and counselling, prevention, treatment and WHO response.
Although biological factors contribute, much of HIV transmission is underpinned by social determinants of health, or the “circumstances in which people grow, live, work, and age”. 4 Social determinants of health are modifiable and drive health inequities.
HIV/AIDS and the Environment: Impacts of AIDS and Ways to Reduce Them. Fact Sheet for the Conservation Community. The Problem. Loss of human capacity to AIDS is seriously affecting conservation, including protected areas and community-based natural resource management.
