Puerto Rico AIDS Crisis

 
Outraged by U.S. government indifference to the escalating AIDS crisis in Puerto Rico, a dozen AIDS activists stopped traffic for half an hour in downtown Manhattan today to demand immediate federal oversight of Puerto Rico’s AIDS funding. All twelve were arrested at the intersection of Broadway and [...]

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Puerto Rico-HIV-AIDS Crisis-The Epidemic
* There are 3,927,776 people living on the Island of Puerto Rico.1
* 29,092 cumulative AIDS cases of persons of all ages have been reported from the beginning of the epidemic through 2005.2
* In 2005, there were 1,033 new AIDS cases reported on the Island.2 Ranked 10th [...]

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