Statistics

HIV/AIDS is the leading cause of death among Afro-American woman between the ages of 13-44. It's no secret that the epidemic has been spreading for the past two decades. 83% of all new AIDS cases are young women between the ages of 13-24, these statistics are staggering. Many other individuals go untested and are not even aware that they have the disease. These women are our daughters, neighbor, church members and our friends.

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Join us for Heighten HIV/AIDS Awareness Through Community Organizations.

  • Abstinence Curriculums.
  • Create More Testing Sites Within The Community.
  • Provide Resources and Training Curriculums for Schools, Churches and Community Organizations.

OUR MISSION

Our mission is to Train, Educate and Promote Healthy Lifestyles through HIV/AIDS Prevention, Awareness, Abstinence, Safe Sex, and Faith Based Education.






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Our trainings and discussion topics will focus on the consequences of unhealthy life choices, preventive tools and how to effectively deal with peer pressure. Our target audience will be women/girls ages 8-25.





HIVAIDS Is A Leading Epidemic In Today's World

  • There are approximately 1.1 million people living with HIV in the U.S.
  • It is estimated that almost one-fifth (18.1 %) of those people don't know they are infected.
  • Since the beginning of the AIDS pandemic, 1.7 million Americans have been infected with HIV and more than 650,000 have died of AIDS.
  • An estimated 50,000 new HIV infections occur in the U.S. each year.
  • 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, gay men and other men who have sex with men (MSM) accounted for 78% of new HIV infections among men and 63% of all new infections although they comprise only 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 rate of new HIV infections among black women in 2010 was 20 times that of white women and nearly five times that of Hispanic women.

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