| DECEMBER 1st IS
WORLD AIDS DAY |
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Observed annually on December 1st, World
AIDS Day serves to strengthen global efforts to address the challenges
of the AIDS pandemic, which continues to spread throughout every
region of the world.1
On World AIDS Day 2003, each of us should consider how we can help in
the fight against HIV/AIDS2. |
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At the end of 2002,
an estimated 384,906 persons in the United States3 and 42 million persons
worldwide were living with HIV/AIDS. Worldwide in 2002,
3.1 million persons died of AIDS4. |
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| FOR MORE INFORMATION |
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White House Presidential Proclamation |
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National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHSTP) |
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Divisions of HIV/AIDS Prevention (DHAP) |
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HIV/AIDS
Surveillance Slides
HIV/AIDS Among US Women: Minority & Young Women
at Continuing
Risk |
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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
(HHS) |
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Office of Minority Health
Research Center (OMHRC) |
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World AIDS Day
Page |
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Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) |
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HIV/AIDS Bureau |
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The National Women's Health Information Center (NWHIC) |
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HIV/AIDS Page |
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U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA |
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HIV and AIDS Activities |
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U.S. Census Bureau |
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HIV/AIDS Surveillance |
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World Health Organization (WHO) |
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HIV/AIDS Page |
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World AIDS Day |
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MMWR
World AIDS Day 2002 Announcement |
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NCHSTP HIV Stats |
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CDC. HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report. Atlanta, Georgia:
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, CDC, 2003; 14. |
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UNAIDS. Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
Report on the global HIV/AIDS epidemic, 2002. Geneva, Switzerland:
World Health Organization, July 2002. |
