A new report in a medical journal calls it “the most important infection you’ve never heard of.” Chagas Disease has infected about 10 million people, mostly in poverty stricken areas of Latin America, killing about 20000 of its victims each year. Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine say it could be “the new AIDS.” Transmitted by bites from an insect known as “the kissing bug”, the parasitic infection can live in the human body for decades with no significant symptoms until it causes enlarged heart and intestines that can then burst. It’s treatable if caught early, but there’s no cure for the 20 percent of victims who go on to develop the late stages of the disease. Some experts argue that it’s premature to compare Chagas to the AIDS epidemic, which still claims nearly 2 million lives a year worldwide. But as word spreads about the disease, you can bet that “kissing bug” will show up in more and more Google searches.
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June 27th is National HIV Testing Day. Please visit www.aids.gov or www.aidatlanta.org to find a local anonymous testing center.
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SistahGirl: Black Women & HIV/AIDS documentary project profiles the lives and experiences of HIV positive Black women from all over the United States who will journey to sub-Saharan Africa to meet other HIV positive women activists. SistahGirl also examines the complex reasons behind the high rate of infection in Black women and what can ultimately be done to slow its spread. 3rd Eye Films, Inc. is engaged in a capital campaign to raise a minimum of 000 from now until the end of December to assist the production of the first leg of filming.
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Call-out from the 2010 United States Conference on AIDS: Mobilizing Communities around HIV Testing Care and Treatment. Every 9.5 minutes, someone in America is infected with HIV — HIV may not make the headlines like it used to, but it’s still a serious, incurable illness — Far too many people are getting infected and far too few are getting care and treatment — Every year, over 2500 people from all fronts of the HIV epidemic gather to reconnect and recommit — Each and every one of us to make our move — and change the course of the HIV epidemic — What’s your move? Spread the word! Share it with your friends, family and colleagues and help NMAC reach 2 million viewers: – Share this video on Facebook – Send a Tweet to your friends with the link to this video – Share the video on your blog – Make the video a “favorite” on YouTube (click on the “save to” link and hit “favorite”) Hear and download the song featured in this clip, “Your Move”, by Adam McKnight today: www.nmac.org Downloads are only .25 – $ .25 of which is donated to the National Minority AIDS Council of Washington, DC to advance its mission “to build leadership within communities of color to address the challenges of HIV.”
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