The facts about AIDS/HIV
Although AIDS seems a rather distant issue to us today, worldwide and even in our own communities it is still a significant health issue.
United States
• There are approximately 1.1 million people living with HIV/AIDS in the U.S.
• It is estimated that almost one-fifth (18.1%) of those people don’t know they have it.
• Since the start of the AIDS epidemic, 1.7 million Americans have been infected with HIV and more than 650,000 have died.
• 50,000 new HIV infections occur in the U.S. each year.
• Men who have sex with men (MSM) account for the majority of new HIV/AIDS diagnoses although MSM comprise only around 4% of the U.S. male population.
• African Americans accounted for 47% of new HIV infections diagnosed in 2011, although they comprise only 14% of the population.
• The HIV infection rate among African American women is nearly four times higher than the rate among white women.
• The infection rate among Latinos was three times higher than the rate among whites in 2010.
• In 2011, more than 20% of people diagnosed with HIV in the U.S. were women.
• The vast majority of newly diagnosed HIV-positive women contracted the virus through heterosexual sex.
• In 2010, 31% of all new infections occurred among people aged 25–34, followed by individuals aged 13–24 at 26%.
Source: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Worldwide
• More than 35 million people now live with HIV/AIDS.
• 3.3 million of them are under the age of 15.
• In 2012, an estimated 2.3 million people were newly infected with HIV.
• 260,000 were under the age of 15.
• Every day nearly 6,300 people contract HIV—nearly 262 every hour.
• In 2012, 1.6 million people died from AIDS.
• 210,000 of them were under the age of 15.
• Since the beginning of the epidemic, more than 75 million people have contracted HIV and nearly 36 million have died of HIV-related causes.
Source: American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR) 2013
Resources
David was active in the AIDS activist movement in the early days of the epidemic. He also received help from a number of organizations during his illness. A few are listed below:
Theater Groups Responding to AIDS
Broadway Cares-Equity Fights AIDS
Actors Fund
Films
How To Survive A Plague
United In Anger
We Were Here
Background
HIV History Project
Ron Goldberg’s “Boy With The Bullhorn” memoir of Act Up and AIDS activism
Act Up Protest Videos
Ashes Action October 11, 1992 March on the Bush Whitehouse
More Ashes
Wall St II March 24, 1988 (David was arrested at the protest)
More Wall St II
March on Kennebunkport September 1991
Day of Desperation Grand Central Station January 23, 1991
Target City Hall March 23, 1989
Organizations Worldwide
AIDS Community Research Initiative of America (ACRIA)
acria.org
AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP)
actupny.org | actupphilly.org | actup-sf.org | actupboston.org
ACT V: The End of AIDS
actfive.org
AIDS.gov
AIDS.gov
1-800-CDC-INFO (1-800-232-04635)
AID for AIDS International
aidforaids.org
AIDS Foundation of Chicago (AFC)
aidschicago.org
AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania
aidslawpa.org
AIDS Policy Project
aidspolicyproject.org
AIDS United
aidsunited.org
amFAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research
amfar.org
Andrey Rylkov Foundation for Health and Social Justice (ARF)
en.rylkov-fond.org
AVAC
avac.org
Black AIDS Institute (BAI)
blackaids.org
Center for Health, Human Rights & Development (CEHURD)
cehurd.org
Center for Artistic Activism
artisticactivism.org
Center for Health and Gender Equality (CHANGE)
genderhealth.org
The Center for HIV Law and Policy
hivlawandpolicy.org
Delhi Network of Positive People (DNP+)
dnpplus.org
Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF)
pedaids.org
Equal Education
equaleducation.org.za
FasterCures
fastercures.org
GMHC
gmhc.org
Greater Than Aids
greaterthan.org
Health GAP
healthgap.org
HIV Prevention Justice Alliance (HIV PJA)
preventionjustice.org
Housing Works
housingworks.org
International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI)
Iavi.org
International HIV/AIDS Alliance
aidsalliance.org
International Treatment Preparedness Coalition (ITPC)
itpcglobal.org
Médicins Sans Frontières (a.k.a. Doctors Without Borders)
msf.org | doctorswithoutborders.org
ONE
one.org
Partners in Health
pih.org
Pathfinder International
pathfind.org
Planned Parenthood
plannedparenthood.org
PSI
psi.org
Queerocracy
queerocracy.org
Results
results.org
Save the Children
savethechildren.org
The Sero Project
seroproject.com
Sex Worker Education and Advocacy Taskforce (SWEAT)
sweat.org/za
Sex Workers Project
sexworkersproject.org
Staying Alive Foundation
stayingalivefoundation.org
Student Global AIDS Campaign (SGAC)
studentglobalaidscampaign.org
Treatment Action Campaign (tac)
tac.org/za
Treatment Action Group (TAG)
treatmentactiongroup.org
Urban Justice Center
urbanjustice.org
Universities Allied for Essential Medicines (uaem)
uaem.org
Women’s Legal Centre
wlce.co.za