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World AIDS Day Reminder that Systemic Barriers Leave Latinas at Higher Risk
December 1 marks the annual World AIDS Day as organizations across the United States and the world work together toward an AIDS-free generation by raising awareness about the importance of protection and testing.
The National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health (NLIRH), the only national organization working on behalf of the reproductive rights of the more than 24 million Latinas in the U.S., is using World AIDS Day as an opportunity to remind Latinas of their increased risk and to draw attention to the systemic barriers that make Latinas more likely to contract HIV/AIDS and prevent them from accessing testing and treatment. Jessica González-Rojas, executive director of NLIRH, issues the following statement:
“HIV/AIDS is a serious threat to the health of Latinas, who are four times more likely than white women to be infected. Systemic barriers, such as poverty, immigration status and lack of insurance, make accessing protection and testing more difficult for Latinas, leading to higher rates of infection. These factors also prevent Latinas from accessing quality, affordable treatment, which contributes to an accelerated advance from HIV to AIDS.
“Because the majority of Latinas contract HIV from having unprotected sex with a man, improved access to protection and to sexual education are both critical to reducing rates of Latina HIV infection. Far too few Latinas have access to the sex education they need to protect themselves from sexually transmitted infections. More than half of Puerto Rican and Mexican American women, for example, received no sex education from their parents, and one in four Puerto Rican and two in five Mexican American women reported no sex education in school.
“In order to reach an AIDS-free generation, NLIRH advocates for programs and policies that break down the systemic barriers that harm Latina health. Eliminating these barriers is a critical step to reducing HIV rates for Latinas.”
Published in Latino Daily News
2012-12-01 13:42:26
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There may well be such a thing as acquired immune deficiency, but it is not linked to or caused by an HIV. NO SUCH VIRUS HAS EVER BEEN ISOLATED.
These people are told to get tested, using tests NONE OF WHICH CAN GIVE A DEFINITIVE DIAGNOSIS !
The entire HIV story is a scam. The tests simply pick up a variety of normal components of the blood, some of which are retroviruses. Pregnant women frequently test positive, even though they are not drug users or promiscuous. At least 70 different reasons for a positive test are recognised. The initial “outbreak” of AIDS in SF was entirely to do with the use of “poppers” by these people, coupled with rampant sexual immorality which was then treated with antibiotics, which then in turn further degraded their immune systems.
In a 1992 paper from the Lancet, ( #339 ), of 8000 women who tested positive for “HIV”, only 5 were subsequently confirmed. Not that even these few were infected, how could they be, with a virus which does not exist.
Luc Montagnier, one of the two scientists behind the original story, has stated that HIV can be cured by dietary means. All those who accept AZT / nevirapine will die; those who refuse the “treatment” will live. The new “cocktail” drugs seem to increase longevity, but all that they are doing is not killing so quickly, as the concentration of AZT they contain has been reduced.
The scam is simply designed to make money for the drug companies, although there are deeper and darker depopulation agendas also involved. The money “donated” to Africa for drugs would be far better spent on improving sanitation, which is frequently abysmal.
“House of Numbers” is a video which explains many of these issues. Also Cal Crilly has collated a lot of the scientific data, which drives a coach and horses through this ridiculous theory.