In Memory of my parents: Milagros Hernandez & Juan Ramirez

AIDS Walk + Ride 2010
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Mrs. Carolina Ramirez Goal: $1,000.00 Achieved: $1,115.00 Make a gift!

The HIV/AIDS epidemic is a serious threat to the Hispanic/Latino community. Hispanics/Latinos comprise 15% of the U.S. population but accounted for 17% of all new HIV infections occurring in the United States in 2006. During the same year, the rate of new HIV infections among Hispanics/Latinos was 2.5 times that of whites. In 2006, HIV/AIDS was the fourth leading cause of death among Hispanic/Latino men and women aged 35?44.

Hispanics/Latinos accounted for 18% of the 42,655 (including children) new HIV/AIDS diagnoses in the 34 states with long-term, confidential name-based HIV reporting.

·     Hispanics/Latinos accounted for 17% of the 551,932 persons (including children) living with HIV/AIDS in the 34 states with long-term, confidential name-based HIV reporting.

·     For Hispanic/Latina females living with HIV/AIDS, the most common methods of transmission were high-risk heterosexual contact and injection drug use.

·     For U.S. Hispanic/Latino males living with HIV/AIDS, the most common methods of HIV transmission were (in descending order):

o  sexual contact with other males

o  injection drug use

o  high-risk heterosexual contact

Please Sponsor Me in the AIDS Walk + Ride

I will be participating in this year's AIDS Walk + Ride on May 1, 2010. Please support me with a donation by selecting the "Support" button above the progress meter.

Participating in an event that raises money for HIV and AIDS, touches many people lives in some way. Think about the ways that HIV and AIDS has impacted those around you.

The money we raise will go to assist those living with and caring for those with HIV and AIDS. We need your support, so please do anything you can, join my team, register as an individual or make a donation on my behalf.

Thank you so much for all of your support!

Until the Cure.

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