Black Narrative

A blog focusing on issues, news, and current events concerning African Americans

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

NYT: AIDS rate in Black America akin to Third World Countries

If Black America were a country it would have one of highest HIV rates in the world according to a New York Times article today. And yet many of the money that has been put aside for fighting AIDS in the world by the Bush Administration will not reach African Americans. In fact, Black America has rates higher than 7 of 15 countries that receive funding through this initiative. To top it off, it appears that the Bush Administration is trying to hide these statistics when it neglected to report America's AIDS rate to the United Nations for inclusion of its biannual report.