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United Press International - November 16, 2006
African-Americans comprise 13 percent of the U.S. population but account for more than half of all new HIV and AIDS diagnoses and are 10 times more likely than whites to have the disease, the National Minority AIDS Council said.
To combat this problem, the council pushed a plan included in a report by Robert Fullilove, associate dean for community and minority affairs at Columbia University's school of public health.
The report, released in advance of World AIDS Day Dec. 1, suggests targeting programs at stigmatized groups like black men who have sex with men, providing better HIV-related services to men who are in jail and stabilizing communities through affordable housing programs.
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