Residents recognize World AIDS Day
Tuesday, November 29th, 2005
By Chris Fitzsimon
By Barbara Jones bjones@independenttribune.com
North Carolina is home to more residents with HIV than 40 other states, according to the Centers for Disease Control.
“This affects not just big cities, but small ones like ours,” said Diona Horne, a communicable diseases nurse at the Cabarrus Health Alliance.
In an effort to increase awareness, the Health Alliance is sponsoring a candlelight walk at 6 p.m. Thursday in conjunction with World Aids Day.
World AIDS Day is recognized around the globe as a way to honor those with AIDS and educate the public. Statistics from this year’s National HIV Prevention Conference show it would take 15 stadiums to hold the estimated 1,185,000 Americans suffering with HIV/AIDS.
“We want to increase the awareness of HIV and AIDS in Cabarrus County,” said Becky Hubbell, HIV case manager at the Cabarrus Health Alliance.
Though the world is entering into its third decade of an AIDS pandemic, awareness is still an issue, Hubbell said.
“We’ve been talking about AIDS for a long time and people think it’s gone away,” Hubbell said. “But in reality it’s still around.“
In fact, the Health Alliance spends about $39,000 a year on AIDS education, prevention and management.
But things have changed in the past 20 years, and advancements have been made. (more…)
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