HIV/AIDS exacting horrendous toll on Black women From: Miami Times | Date: December 7, 2004 | . Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

Miami Times
12-07-2004
Editor's note: The following editorial was originally published on Oct. 13
following the vice-presidential candidates' shocking comments during their
debate. We are reprinting it with updated content in recognition of World
AIDS Day.

The nation's leaders are ignorant about the impact of HIV/AIDS on Black
women. We cannot afford to be.

HIV and AIDS are running rampant throughout Black communities, exacting an
unacceptably high toll on Black women. Black women make up 13 percent of
the United States population but are 64 percent of females newly infected
with HIV. South ...

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