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Notice to Readers: National Latino AIDS Awareness Day --- October
15, 2007
October 15 marks the fifth National Latino AIDS Awareness Day (NLAAD). Initiated in 2003 by the
Latino Commission on AIDS and the Hispanic Federation in partnership with faith and community organizations,
NLAAD raises awareness of human immunodeficiency
virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) in the
Hispanic/Latino population living in the United States and abroad.
In 2005, Hispanics accounted for approximately 14.4% of the U.S. population but 18.9% of persons who received
an AIDS diagnosis in the United States. Because the U.S. Hispanic population is expected to triple from 2000 to
2050, HIV/AIDS prevention needs will require greater
attention. Modes of HIV infection among Hispanics have
been determined to vary by place of birth
(1). Taking into account these and other varying risk behaviors among subgroups
of Hispanics is an important consideration in developing
prevention programs.
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