Today is December 1, 2009, WORLD AIDS DAY. We shouldn't need a day to remind us of the importance of AIDS prevention and fighting the disease, but it sure as heck doesn't hurt.
At the end of 2007, the CDC estimates that 468,578 people were living with AIDS in America, around 20,000 more than 2006. AND IT'S NEARLY 2010. The disease is also spreading rapidly throughout other parts of the world, including Africa. Many Americans have never been tested for the disease and it is affected our family and friends at an alarming rate.
How can you help?Get tested & take your partner with you.
Protect yourself. Do not depend on your partner to supply condoms.
Be aware of and avoid means of transmission:
• Sex without a condom with someone living with HIV
• Sharing infected needles, syringes or other injecting drug equipment
• From an HIV-positive mother (to her child) during pregnancy, childbirth or breastfeeding (but with effective treatment and care the risk of transmission can be greatly reduced)
Educate yourself and those around you.
visit http://www.worldaidsday.org/
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IDS Education & Services for Minorities, Inc.Kiehl's Hand Care for Cure donates profits to amFAR (AIDS research charity
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