Native Americans, including Arizona s tribes, may be one of the last groups to feel the full force of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. The remote, isolated nature of many reservations protected the tribes from the disease for a time. The only cases they saw were people who were infected in urban settings returning home to die.
In most of the world, gender is an either/or option. You re either male or female. In Native American and other indigenous societies, the issue is not so clear. That makes it difficult for HIV/AIDS workers to advocate safe sex because men who don t label themselves gay don t connect with the education materials distrib
While the leaders of the free world are searching for WMD s, possibly the greatest WMD of the modern world is right in front of them... This Weapon of Mass Destruction is AIDS! The latest statistics from the UN is that this plague will have killed 3 million people in 2003. That means more than 8 thousand people each da
In September, AEGiS had another record breaking month with 1,066,740 visitors. This is an increase over September of last year of 402,822. Our monthly average has been 894,499 and if this continues for the remainder of this year we will reach over 10 million visitors for the year. This is an alarming statistic that rem
As summer comes to a close, I would like to share with you some of the wonderful honors and attention that AEGiS has garnered. Our summer started out on a high note with Sr. Mary Elizabeth being honored by amfAR. The fourth Honoring with Pride benefit dinner took place on June 2, 2003 in New York. amfAR Awards of Coura
I was logged on to a gay website recently - it may have been gay.com, I can t remember - and was chatting in the HIV positive room. A guy whose nick was something like breedmenow was going on about how he wanted to get pozzed up , i.e. infected with HIV. The reaction was instant. A guy who we ll call ffskin - a pretty
With the AIDS Pandemic increasing daily, our continuing dedication is to make accessible as much information as possible to the Global HIV/AIDS community. We have recently taken on the task of archiving valued information from International AIDS Conferences held in recent years. The statistics of the devastation of thi
Australian Federation Of Aids Organisations - Thursday, May 29, 2003
Rises in HIV infection rates in Victoria, Queensland and New South Wales have reinforced the need for a major revitalisation of Australia s response to HIV/AIDS, according to the Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations (AFAO). Latest figures for the year 2002 show that the rate of new HIV infections rose by seven p
Southern California HIV/AIDS Advocacy Coalition - March 13, 2003
Assemblyman Paul Koretz (D-West Hollywood) has introduced AB 879, a bill that would require the California Department of Health Services to create a task force to develop guidelines to be used in cases of inadvertent sexual exposure to HIV. Currently, the state has guidelines for healthcare workers and victims of sexua
Hypocrisy is the homage that vice pays to virtue. -- Franois Duc de La Rochefoucauld, Reflections The clever man creates problems he knows he can solve and impresses people by solving them. George W. Bush is a clever man. He proved it on Jan. 28. Jan. 28 was the night that all the networks broadcast the applause that i
According to a new U.N. report, more than 5 million people worldwide contracted the AIDS virus in 2002, bringing the total number of those infected to 42 million, up 2 million from a year ago. Of those who died from HIV/AIDS, 610,000 were younger than 15, and almost half were women. While these statistics are useful in
WASHINGTON - I WAS STUNNED and delighted when President George W. Bush announced in his State of the Union address that he planned a major commitment to fighting AIDS. A five-year, $15 billion program of treatment and care for those infected and even some modest support for condom education and distribution -- it sound
AEGiS is developing CAMPAIGN 100. Our goal is to generate donations of $100,000.00 annually. We are targeting $10 to $5,000 dollar donations. Assuming the smaller end, it would take 10,000 people out of our 6 million visitors per year giving $10 dollars to meet our goal. With 6 million visits each year, that is only .1
We live in an interdependent world, there are no borders anymore. There is constant movement of people. When it comes to health, disease, the environment, terrorism we are all in the same boat. We all need to deal with the HIV/AIDS crisis and we are not doing enough. The staggering number of those struck down with this
In terms of illness and death, AIDS is worse than the Black Death of the 14th century. The Black Death - or bubonic plague - ravaged Asia and Europe in the 14th Century killing 40 million people. It is sad commentary that in this new millennium HIV/AIDS is likely to surpass the Black Death as the worst pandemic ever, a
Our objective here at AEGiS is to collect as much information as possible regarding HIV/AIDS and other communicable diseases. We want you to be able to log on to AEGiS, at no cost to you, and have access to the information you need without having to search through many websites. We want to make our website your one sto
According to a new U.N. report, more than 5 million people worldwide will have contracted the AIDS virus in 2002, bringing the total number of those infected to 42 million. Of those who will die from HIV/AIDS this year, 610,000 are younger than 15, and almost half are women. While these statistics are useful in helping
AEGiS, as a public non-profit organization, needs your individual donations to help us maintain our independence from for profit organizations. Your individual donation, whatever the amount, helps maintain the public nature of our operation which is to dispense critical information to those living with HIV/AIDS. As
AEGiS, as a public non-profit organization, needs your individual donations to help us maintain our independence from for profit organizations. Your individual donation, whatever the amount, helps maintain the public nature of our operation which is to dispense critical information to those living with HIV/AIDS. As
This information is designed to support, not replace, the relationship that exists between you and your doctor.