HIV/AIDS And Its Impact On The Black Community

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HIV/AIDS has such a great impact on the Black Community (Historical Perspective).
The African Americans community has the greatest diagnoses for the HIV/AIDs than any other race. According to cdc.gov “in 2014, 44% (19,540) of estimated new HIV diagnoses in the United States were among African Americans, who comprise 12% of the US population.” And Why a higher percentage of Black Americans are infected with HIV/AIDS than other racial/ethnic groups? According to pbs.org “one million people in the United States are infected with HIV/ AIDs are black men, women and children”. It is also said by cdc.gov that black men and women living with the disease tend to have sex with their own ethnicity making it a greater risk for our community. Also

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