AIDSinfo At-a-Glance: Offering Information on HIV/AIDS Treatment, Prevention, and Research, A Service of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)

Issue No. 44 | October 12, 2012
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October 15 Marks National Latino AIDS Awareness Day National Latino AIDS Awareness Day serves to raise awareness of the disproportionate and continuing burden of HIV/AIDS among Hispanics/Latinos. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Hispanics/Latinos represented 16% of the U.S. population but accounted for 20% of new HIV infections in 2009. To learn more, visit our National Latino AIDS Awareness Day webpage [en español]. CDC Updates “HIV Surveillance in Urban and Nonurban Areas” Slide Set CDC recently updated the “HIV Surveillance in Urban and Nonurban Areas” slide set. The slide set provides information on diagnoses of HIV infection and AIDS in urban and nonurban areas in the United States, including breakdowns of diagnoses by race/ethnicity, transmission category, and age group.

New HIV/AIDS trials have been added to ClinicalTrials.gov in the last 30 days. For a list of trials click here.

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October 15 Marks National Latino AIDS Awareness Day

CDC Updates “HIV Surveillance in Urban and Nonurban Areas” Slide Set