World
AIDS Day
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 "In its 2007 annual report the U.N. reduced its HIV infection estimates by 7 million cases. While this is welcome news, the revised statistics should not be seen as a signal to relax our fight against the pandemic. Here in the U.S. an estimated one million people are currently living with HIV, with approximately 40,000 new infections occurring each year. Seventy percent of new infections occur in men and 30 percent occur in women. By race, 54 percent of new infections in the United States occur among African Americans. Infection rates among African American women, in particular, are rising at alarming rates. By all accounts the AIDS epidemic remains one of the world's most pressing public health challenges. HIV strikes without discrimination. Countless numbers do not have access to needed care. Far too many die all too early. So the real question is not how did we underestimate new infections, but rather how did we allow millions to perish from a treatable disease and millions more to become infected?
On this World AIDS Day, I urge you to join me, together with the Office of HIV Psychiatry, in speaking up loud and clear about HIV/AIDS. The theme of this Day is leadership. The need to act and to keep the promises we have made in responding to this epidemic are as urgent as ever. Please join us in these efforts.”
Francisco Fernandez, M.D.
Chair, APA Committee on AIDS
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In recognition
of World AIDS Day, December 1, 2007, and to honor all
those who have been impacted in any way by the psychiatric
dimensions of HIV/AIDS, the American Psychiatric Association
Office of HIV Psychiatry offers this World AIDS Day Web
page. It provides information on the psychiatric disorders
that affect people with HIV and AIDS and the diverse array
of HIV/AIDS education and training activities and resources
supported by the APA. World AIDS Day, founded by the World
Health Organization in 1988, focuses global attention
on the HIV/AIDS pandemic.
FAQ
General information about the psychiatric impact of HIV
For the public
For
physicians
HIV/AIDS
Information
The Body
Centers for
Disease Control
HIV InSite
National Minority AIDS Council
Project Inform
San Francisco AIDS Foundation
US
Department of Health and Human Service
Special
Topics
Depression
Anxiety
Delirium
Substance
Use
SPMI
Sleep
Disorder
Pain
Disorder
Adherence
Participate
Click here if you
are a physician and wish to become involved as the HIV
education and training activities of the APA.
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modified November 30, 2007
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