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"TESTING"

Getting tested is a key role in knowing your HIV status. It is very important that you and your partner(s) know your and their HIV status.

PLEASE GET TESTED!!

For testing locations in your state, please visit your Department of Health and they will be more than happy to provide you with the proper information.

"State of New Mexico Department of Health"

www.health.state.nm.us

"KNOW YOUR HIV STATUS... GET TESTED BECAUSE I LOVE YOU COULD NOT BE SAID A BETTER WAY"

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To purchase a necklace or bag and support the fight against HIV/AIDS please click the banner below.

We Are The World

Finding Grace

THERE ARE LINKS BELOW.

JUST PLACE YOUR MOUSE OVER THE ADDRESS AND IT WILL TAKE YOU TO THEIR WEB PAGE.

National Prevention Infromation Network: (800)-458-5231/ (TYY): (800)-243-7012

www.cdcnpin.org

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"KEEP A CHILD ALIVE"

Help us stop the dying. Pay for lifesaving AIDS drugs that can keep a child, a mother, a father and a family alive.

www.keepachildalive.org

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"THE AIDS QUILT"

Each panel of the quilt represents at least one person who has died, some up to five. Each panel is three feet by six feet. The quilt was first thought up in June of 1987 by a group of strangers. To learn more about the quilt please click the link below

www.aidsquilt.org

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To learn more about HAART therapy, please visit by clicking the link below

www.changeofHAART.com

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www.one.org

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"TEEN AIDS"

www.teenaids.org

www.myspace.com/teenaids

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"NOTE FOR RECOVERING PORN ADDICTS"

Shelly Lubben has a heart to provide the truth about pornography in a safe comfortable environment for all people. Although this is an extremely difficult topic, she promises to do her best not to cause anyone to stumble or be offended. Pornography affects everyone. Please visit this web site by clicking the link below.

www.shelleylubben.com

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"KNOW U 1st FOUNDATION"

www.knowu1st.com

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www.aidsgallery.com

"New Mexico POZ Coalition"

www.nmpoz.org

www.lighttounite.org

ABOUT AIDS

www.aegis.org

www.amfar.org

www.angelfood.org

www.knowhivaids.org

www.thewellproject.org

www.nat.org.uk

"The Nelson Mandela Foundation"

www.nelsonmandela.org

www.yrgcare.org

www.globalaidsalliance.org

"AIDS Clock"

www.unfpa.org/aids_clock

www.clintonfoundation.org

www.elizabethtayloraidsfoundation.org

"CDC National STD and AIDS Resource Site"

www.ashastd.org

www.cdcpin.org

"HIV/AIDS Treatment Information Service (ATIS)"

www.hivatis.org

www.projectinform.org

"Gay Man's Health Crisis"

www.gmhc.org

"HIV Information Resource"

www.thebody.com

"This site is for Teens"

www.iwannaknow.org

www.poz.com

www.hivplusmag.com

www.hivpositivemagazine.com

www.heartsandminds.org

www.centerforaidsprevention.org

"NEW MEXICO AIDS SERVICES"

625 Truman NE, Albuquerque, NM US 87110-6443

MAIN:(505) 938-7100/TOLL FREE:1-888-822-2437

Please visit their web site by clicking the link below

www.NMAS.net

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New Mexico AIDS Services-Farmington Office

Farmington, NM US

3535 E. 30th Suite 127

505-327-7043 or Toll Free 888-929-0911

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"Southwest Care (Santa Fe area)"

Southwest C.A.R.E.

Southwest C.A.R.E. Center is located in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and is one of five Health Management Alliances (HMAs) that serve HIV-positive residents of New Mexico. Southwest C.A.R.E. Center primarily serves Santa Fe and eight additional northern counties of New Mexico.

The mission of Southwest C.A.R.E. Center is to provide HIV-infected New Mexicans with state-of-the-art medical care and needed psychosocial services in a complete, timely, confidential, respectful, and cost-effective manner, regardless of ethnicity, race, religion, disability, gender, socioeconomic status, geographic location, sexual orientation, or language; and to provide innovative and effective HIV-prevention services to at-risk populations.

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"Camino de Vida Center for HIV Services (Las Cruces area)"

Camino de Vida

Camino de Vida Center for HIV Services is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing comprehensive care to persons impacted by HIV/AIDS and to improving the health and awareness of the community through HIV/AIDS prevention. Camino de Vida is part of the New Mexico Department of Health's regional HIV Health Management Alliance, serving Catron, Doña Ana, Grant, Hidalgo, Luna, Otero and Sierra counties.

We provide comprehensive quality care to those impacted by HIV/AIDS. The challenges of living with HIV/AIDS are changing everyday. New drug therapies and prevention efforts mean that many people are living longer and healthier lives. Our goal is to ensure those impacted by HIV/AIDS receive care, education and support.

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"Pecos Valley HIV/AIDS Resource Center a.k.a. Alianza of New Mexico (Roswell area)"

Alianza of New Mexico

Pecos Valley H.A.R.C. is located at 808-B N. Union Avenue in Roswell, New Mexico and is one of five Health Management Alliance (HMA) members that serve HIV-positive residents of New Mexico. Pecos Valley H.A.R.C. serves the following nine southeast New Mexico counties: Chaves, Curry, De Baca, Eddy, Guadalupe, Lea, Lincoln, Quay and Roosevelt.

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HIV/AIDS HOTLINES BY STATE

National: (800) CDC-INFO (800 232-4636); 24 hours/7days a week in English and Spanish

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Alabama: (334) 206-5364; 7:30 - 5, M - F

In Alabama: (800) 228-0469; 7:30 - 5, M - F

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Alaska: (907) 276-4880; 9 - 5, M - F

In Alaska: (800) 478-2437; 9 - 5, M - F

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Arizona: (602) 364-4562; 8 - 5, M - F

In Arizona: (800) 334-1540

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Arkansas: (800) 342-2437

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California: (415) 863-2437, 9 - 5, M - F

(800) 367-2437; 9 - 9, M - F; 10 - 6, Sat & Sun

Night hotline: (415) 434-2437

National access number: 800-628-9240; 5 pm to 5 am, 7 days a week

Project Inform: (800) 822-7422; 9 - 5, M - F; 10 - 4 Sat

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Colorado: (303) 830-2437; 9 - 5, M - F

(800) 333-2437; 9 - 5, M - F; 10 - 4 Sat

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Connecticut:

2-1-1, Infoline is an integrated system of help via the telephone- a single source for information about community services.

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Delaware: (302) 652-6776; 8:30 - 4:30, M - F

(800) 464-4357; 7:30 - 6, M-F

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District of Columbia: (202) 332-EXAM

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Florida:

In Florida: (800) 352-2437; 8 - 9, M - F; 10:30 - 6:30 Sat

In Spanish: (800) 545-7432; 8 - 9, M - F; 10:30 - 6:30 Sat

In Haitian Creole: (800) 243-7101; 8 - 9, M - F; 10:30 - 6:30 Sat

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Georgia: (404) 876-9944; 8:30 - 5, M - F

In Georgia: (800) 551-2728; 8:30 - 5, M - F

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Hawaii:

Oahu (Honolulu and suburbs):

Department of Health: (808) 638-0888

Hawaii (Big Island) - Kona Side:

West Hawaii AIDS Foundation: (808) 331-8177; 8:30 - 4:30, M - F

Hawaii (Big Island) - Hilo Side:

Big Island AIDS Project: (808) 982-8800; 8 - 4, M - F

Maui:

Maui AIDS Foundation: (808) 242-4900

Lanai: (808) 565-6411 (HIV Testing)

Malama Pono:

(Kauai AIDS Foundation): (808) 246-9577

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Idaho: (800) 926-2588; 8 - 6, M - F

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Illinois:

In Illinois: (800) 825-3518

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Indiana:

In Indiana: (866) 588-4948; 8 - 4:30, M - F

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Iowa: (319)338-2135

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Kansas:

In Kansas: (877) 586-5497

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Kentucky: (800) 420-7431; 8 - 4:30, M - F

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Louisiana: (800) 992-4379; 10 - 8, M - F; 10 - 4, Sat

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Maine: (800) 342-2437; 9 - 5, M - F

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Maryland: (800) 638-6252; 8 - 5, M - F

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Massachusetts: (800) 235-2331; 9 - 9, M - F; 9 - 1, Sat

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Michigan: (800) 872-2437; 9 - 5:30, M - F

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Minnesota: (800) 248-2437; 9 - 6, M - F

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Missouri: (573) 751-6141

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Mississippi: (800) 826-2961; 8 - 5, M - F

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Montana: (406) 444-3565; 8 - 5, M - F

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Nebraska: (800) 782-2437

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Nevada:

Nevada State Health Division Bureau of Community Health: (775) 684-5900; 8 - 5, M - F

(800) 842-2437

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New Hampshire: (603) 271-4502; 8 - 4:30, M - F

In New Hampshire: (800) 752-2437; 8 - 4:30, M - F

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New Jersey:

In New Jersey: (800) 624-2377

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New Mexico:

In New Mexico: (800) 524-2437

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New York: (800) 542-2437

GMHC: (212) 807-6655; 10 - 9, M - F ; 12 - 3, Sat

Long Island: (631) 385-2437; 9 - 7:30, M & F; 9 - 9, Tu - Th

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North Carolina:

HIV/STD Prevention and Care Branch, Division of Public Health: (919) 733-7301; 8 - 5, M - F

(800) 342-2437; 8 - 5, M - F

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North Dakota: (701) 328-2378; 8 - 5, M - F

(800) 706-3448; 8 - 5, M - F

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Ohio:

In Ohio: (800) 332-2437; 9 - 9, Mon - Fri; 9 - 6, Sat

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Oklahoma: (800) 535-2437; 9 - 6, M - Thurs.

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Oregon: (800) 777-2437; 9 - 6, M - F; Noon - 6, Sat

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Pennsylvania: (215) 985-2437; 8:30 - 7:30, M - Thurs.; 8:30 - 5, Fri; 9 - 1, Sat

(800) 662-6080; 8:30 - 7:30, M - Thurs.; 8:30 - 5, Fri; 9 - 1, Sat

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Rhode Island

Nationwide: (800) 726-3010; 9 - 9, M - F; 10 - 2 Sat

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South Carolina

In South Carolina: (800) 322-2437; 9 - 8, M - F

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South Dakota: (800)592-1861; 8 - 5, M - F

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(800) 525-2437; 8 - 4:30, M - F

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Texas: (800) 299-2437; 8 - 5, M - F

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Utah: (801) 538-6094; 8:30 - 6, M - F

(800) 537-1046; 8:30 - 6, M - F

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Vermont:

In Vermont: (800) 882-2437; 7:45 - 4:30, M - F

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Virginia:

In Virginia: (800) 533-4148; 8 - 5, M - F

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Washington:

In Washington: (800) 272-2437; 9 - 5, M - F

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West Virginia: (304) 558-2195; 8 - 5, M - F

In West Virginia: (800) 624-8244; 8 - 5, M - F

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Wisconsin: (800) 334-2437

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Wyoming:

Wyoming AIDS Project: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week

In Wyoming: (800) 675-2698

25 YEARS IN A WORLD WITH HIV

1981

* In its June 5 edition of "Morbidity and Mortality Weekley Report," the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issuses a report about five cases of Pneumocystis Carnaii Pneumonia in otherwise healthy gay men in Los Angeles. These became the world's first reported AIDS cases.

* The New York Times details :Rare Cancer Seen in 41 Homosexuals" on July 3; this is the first media story on AIDS.

1982

* After categorizing the disease as an epedimic in 1981, the CDC drops the term (gay-related immune deficiency) for the more accurate (acquired immune deficiency syndrome).

* The CDC links AIDS to blood and identifies risk groups: gay and bisexual men, injection-drug users, hemophiliacs, and Haitian natives.

* Africa's first AIDS cases are reported.

1983

* In March injection-drug users, gay men, amd others considered at high risk are urged not to donate blood, the first case of AIDS from a blood transfusion having been ..ed in December 1982.

* Luc Montagnier at the Pasteur Institute and Robert Gallo of the National Cancer Institute isolate the AIDS-causing retrovirus to be known as HIV and are named codiscoverers.

1984

* Despite protests, San Francisco closes the city's gay bathhouses and sex clubs.

1985

* The Food and Drug Administration approves an HIV antibody test.

* Blood banks begin screening for HIV.

* In April the first International AIDS Confrence is held in Atlanta.

* The American Foundation for AIDS Research is founded, with Elizabeth Taylor as national chairwoman.

* In July actor Rock Hudson announces he has AIDS, bringing mainstream public awareness to the disease; he dies on October 2.

* The first AIDS TV movie, (An Early Frost), airs.

* AIDS is now on every populated continent.

1986

* In May, U.S. surgeon general C. Everett Koop issuses a report that shocks and inflames many by his calling for public-health measures and sex education to combat the growing epidemic.

* The first panel of the Names Projest AIDS Memorial Quilt is created.

* Supermodel Gia Carangi dies of AIDS-related complications; her life and death are chronicled in the HBO movie (Gia) in 1998.

1987

* In March in New York City the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power holds its first protest.

* The FDA approves AZT, the first anti-HIV medication.

* In May, President Ronald Regan speaks to Americans for the first time about AIDS.

* The United States bars HIV-infected immigrants and travlers from entering the country.

* Randy Shilts publishes (And the Band Played On), his chronicle of the epidemic.

* Spurred by Sen. Jesse Helms, Congress approves prohibiting tax dollars for AIDS education materials that "promote or encurage, directly or indirectly, homosexual activities."

* The FDA adds label information to condoms saying they help prevent HIV infection.

1988

* The CDC mails the brochure "Understanding AIDS" to all 107 million U.S. homes.

* The first World AIDS Day is held.

1989

* National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases head Anthony Fauci proposes allowing HIV patients access experimental drugs ouside clinical trial settings.

* The CDC issuses its first guidelines for prevention and treatment of Pneumocystic pneumonia.

* Following two years of protests by activists, Burroughs Wellcome lowers the price of AZT.

1990

* In April, 18-year-old hemophiliac Ryan White dies; he recieved an HIV-tainted blood transfusion five years earlier. The ostracism of White at his school and in his hometown became a symbol of the intolerance shown toward HIVers. In May, Congress authorizes funding for the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act.

* Congress enacts the Americans With Disabilities Act.

* AIDS activists boycott the Sixth International AIDS Confrence, held in San Francisco, to protest the U.S. ban on HIV-positive visitors.

* Longtime Compasion, the first feature film to deal with the impact of AIDS on friends and family, is releases. Bruce Davison is nomitated for an Oscar for his performance.

1991

* Spurred by the case of Kimberly Bergalis, who claimed she was infected by her dentist, the CDC recommends restrictions for some HIV-positive health care workers.

* Pro basketball player Magic Johnson announces he is HIV-positive.

1992

* AIDS becomes the top killer of American men ages 25 to 44.

* Mary Fisher addresses the Republican National Convention as an HIVer.

* In December The CDC adopts a new set of AIDS-defining conditions after activists charge that the agency is ignoring symptoms specific to injection-drug users and women. This causes a surge in the number of new AIDS cases that will be roported in 1993.

1993

* The FDA approves the female condom.

* Four French officials are jailed for allowing HIV-tainted blood into France's blood banks.

* The Pulitzer Prize is awarded to Angels in America, a play by Tony Kushner about the AIDS pandemic.

* The film Philadelphia, which focuses on an HIV-positive lawyer facing workplace dicrimination, is releases. Tom Hanks wins the Best Actor for his performance.

1994

* AIDS becomes the leading cause of death among all Americans ages 25 to 44.

* An add for fashion chain Benetton shows an image of former president Ronald Regan with Kaposi's sarcoma lesions on his face.

* The U.S. Public Health Service recommendes the use of AZT to help reduce the changes of mother-to-child transmission of HIV.

* Pedro Zamora, a 22-year-old HIVer, appears on the MTV program (The Real World.)

1995

* In Feruary champion diver Greg Louganis tells Barbara Walters in a television interview that he has AIDS and was HIV-positive during his diving accident at the 1988 Olympics.

* In December the FDA approves saquinavir, the first protease inhibitor. The era of combination therapy begins.

1996

* In July at the 11th International AIDS Confrence, reports that combination therapy is helping extremeli ill patients regain their health lead to hopes about the effectiveness of what become dubbed "HIV cocktails."

* The FDA approves the first viral load test.

* Voters in California and Arizona pass medicinal marijuana laws to allow access to patients who need the drug to combat nausea and overcome wasting syndrome.

* Jonathan Larson's AIDS-themed musical, (Rent), wins the Pulitzer Prize; the play also recieves four Tony Awards.

* AIDS researcher David Ho is named Time magizine's Man of the Year.

1997

* In February a report states that deaths from AIDS-related complications fell 13% in the first six months of 1996, This first significant drop in AIDS deaths is attributed to protease inhibitors and combination therapy.

* Combivir, the first multidrug pill, is approved.

* The first reports of antiretroviral side effects like "buffalo hump," "Crix belly," and "protease paunch" are reported.

1998

* Although the Department of Health and Human Services determines the needle-exchange programs are effective and don;t encourage illegal drug use, President Clinton does not lift the ban on using federal funds for them.

* African-American leaders declare and AIDS-related state of emergency in black communities and launch the Minority AIDS Initiative.

* In June the U.S. Supreme Court rules that asymptomatic HIVers are protected under the Americans With Disabilities Act.

* Congress authorizes payments to hemophiliacs infected through unscreened U.S. blood products between 1982 and 1987.

* A report says U.S. AIDS deaths were halved in 1997, down to their lowest levels in a decade. AIDS falls out of the top 10 causes of death among Americans.

* David Ho presents evidence at the Fifth Confrence on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections that HIV most likely first infected humans in the 1940s or early 1950s. Eventual research verifies that the first known AIDS death when HIV-1 is found in the blood samples of an African man who died in 1959, The first U.S. case is traced to a teen prostitute with Kaposi's sarcoma who died in 1969.

1999

* Research concludes HIV was spread to humans by a mutated virus that has lived in chimpanzees in regins of Africa for possibly hundreds of thousands of years.

* The World Health Organization announces that AIDS is the most deadly infectious disease-overtaking tuberculosis-and is the fourth leading cause of deaths worldwide.

* Research teams working independently announces they have discovered cases of newly infected individuals in the United States and Europe who have highly multidrug-resistant forms of the virus.

2000

* The CDC reports that Africian-American and Latino men who have sex with men have higher HIV infection rates than white men in the same transmission category.

* The U.N. Security Council declares AIDS a global security threat.

* The 13th International AIDS Confrence is held in Durban, South Africa-the first time the gathering is held in a develpoing nation.

2001

* The World Trade Organization agrees to allow development countries to make or import generic meds in public-health crises.

2002

* AIDS becomes the leading cause of death globally among people ages 15 to 59.

* Women now account for about half of all HIV-positive adults worldwide.

2003

* President George W. Bush announces the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief to fight HIV overseas.

* South Africa, ahich has the highest number of HIVers in the world, announces plans to create an antiretroviral treatment program.

2004

* Gilead Sciences and Bristol-Mayers Squibb announces a collaboration to combine Sustiva, Emtriva, and Viread into a once-daily, onr-pill regimen. The first two attempts fail. but a sucess, Atripla, is announced in 2006.

* Andy Bell, lead singer of the pop group Erasure, announces he is HIV-positive.

2005

* Roche announces it will stop making Hivid and Fortavase due to low demand; these are the first anti-HIV meds decommissioned.

* The World Health Organization announces that its "3x5" initiative-begun in 2003 to get 3 million HIV-positive people in poor nations an antiretroviral theropy by the end of 2005-will not reach its target.

2006

* The U.S. House's reathorization of the Ryan White Act would reallocate funding so that cities hardest-hit by AIDS, such as San Francisco and Washington, D.C., would have ominous funding shortfalls for public HIV resources. Eventually, though, Senate lets the bill die.

RYAN WHITE, THOSE LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS AND ALL THOSE THAT HAVE SHOWN LOVE AND COMPASSION FOR PEOPLE LIVING WITH WITH HIV/AIDS.

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LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION!!!

The top 10 U.S. states and territories with the highest AIDS prevelance rates.

(1) Distric of Columbia

(2) New York

(3) Florida

(4) Maryland

(5) Puerto Rico

(6) Louisiana

(7) New Jersey

(8) Delaware

(9) Georgia

(10) Tie: Connecticut, U.S. Virgin Islands

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South Africa is still the leading country when it comes to people infected with HIV/AIDS. Many chidren are orphaned because of the spread of this disease. Plus many do not have the means to get their medication and proper health care. We need to do something to help with medication, health care and prevention in Africa. If this disease keeps up like it is in that country countless numbers of people will be lost. We, as Americans, can stop the need by donating your time and money to help stop the spread of HIV/AIDS. Please visit their web site and purchase any of the products that are available. There are (RED) T-shirts, Ipod Nanos, Converse shoes, Motorola Cell Phones and much more. Proceeds will go to help with medication for the African people. They are in desperate need of your help. Thanks for your support!!!

Please click the link below for more information

www.join(red).com

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