Today is National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NWGHAAD) and we’re proudly and fiercely Rocking the Red Pump with over 1,200 bloggers from around the country (and the world). Created by the Office of Women’s Health, NWGHAAD is recognized on March 10th of every year with the goal is of bringing women together to [...]
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Luvvie’s note: A couple of weeks ago, I was on Twitter and saw an impassioned rant. The person behind the tweets was speaking with such fervor about the issue of HIV/AIDS and its effect on women. I asked her to write a blog post for the Red Pump blog, and she graciously accepted. Thank you, [...]
Read moreEvery 9 1/2 minutes someone is infected with HIV in the United States. The Red Pump Project works very hard in our mission to stress the importance of taking your sexual health seriously. We encourage everyone to practice safe sex, get tested and to know your status. It is imperative that each one of us [...]
Read moreNine years ago, five organizations collaborated with the Center for Disease Control to make February 7th of every year National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. The day exists to raise awareness about the impact of the disease in the Black Community, with a goal of mobilizing African Americans to get educated, get involved and tested, and [...]
Read moreAs National Women & Girls HIV/AIDS approach, we want people to realize that women are a big part of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, and we ought to know how the disease is affecting us directly and indirectly. There are many reasons why it’s important for women to know the facts when it comes to HIV. Biologically, [...]
Read moreEarlier this year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released the AIDS case rates from 2007, the most recent data available. As far as cities go, Miami tops the list with 33.1 cases/100,000 people. They are then followed by New Orleans (31.5) and Baton Rouge (31.4). A Baton Rouge news outlet posted a [...]
Read moreWhile many people take the necessary measures to prevent the transmission of HIV/AIDS by wearing condoms, the same caution is not always exercised as it relates to oral sex. While the risk of transmitting the disease via oral sex is less when compared to rates of vaginal and anal transmission, one can acquire the disease [...]
Read moreOn Tuesday, Rona Taylor wrote an article for The Huffington Post about the status of NYC women living with HIV/AIDS. Did you know that 10% of all women living with the virus in the United States reside in New York City? She goes on to breakdown that number into some key stats: *90 percent of [...]
Read moreStatistics used are from the Center for Disease Control’s website. Although these stats are only taking the United States into account, globally, HIV/AIDS is no less of a problem, especially for women. Key Snapshot of the U.S. Epidemic Today Number of new HIV infections, 2006: 56,300 Number of people living with HIV/AIDS: 1.1 million, including [...]
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