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December 01, 2005
World AIDS Day
It's World Aids Day. Here are some facts, from Sarah.
Number of reported HIV infections in the US in 6 months: 20,000Rank of Washington, DC in new HIV infections each year in the US: 1
Percentage of adults in DC infected with HIV: 5
Rank of AIDS as cause of death for African Americas between 25 and 44: 1
Percentage of all US HIV infection made up of African Americas: 40
Percentage of all DC HIV infection made up of African Americans: 82
Number of clinics in DC offering health care, dental care, counseling, housing assistance, outreach, prescriptions, addiction treatment, mental health care, legal assistance, GLBT services,
outpatient services, Food Bank access, and nutritional assessments
and AIDS education (to name a few) to people infected with HIV: 1
Name of that clinic: The Whitman-Walker Clinic
Number of WWC locations in the DC metro area: 4
Number of clients served by the Whitman-Walker Clinic in 2004: 7,000
Number of HIV medication prescriptions filled by the WWC in the last 5 years: 80,000
Number of HIV tests conducted by WWC in 2004: 7,500
Number of dollars raised for the WWC in the last AIDSMarathon: 2,000,000
You can support Walker Whitman (and Sarah's AIDS Marathon!) right here.
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