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World AIDS Day 2014

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

November 1, 2014

 World AIDS Day—December 1st, 2014

 Eugene, OR—November 20, 2014: December 1st, 2014 is World AIDS Day and the month of December is recognized as AIDS Awareness Month.   World AIDS Day is an opportunity for people worldwide to unite in the fight against HIV, show their support for people living with HIV and to remember the people who have died. “Every 10 minutes, someone in the United States is infected with HIV,” said HIV Alliance Executive Director, Diane Lang. “This alarming statistic is a reminder that there is still a great deal of work to be done.”

 The first World AIDS Day was December 1, 1988.public information officers, James W. Bunn and Thomas Netter, who were working the newly formed Global Programme on- a part of the United Nation’s World Health Organization- came up with the idea of a global day of recognition as a way to increase awareness and prevention efforts around the still growing epidemic. Bunn recommended the date of December 1st as a date that was likely to gain maximum news coverage around this burgeoning disease. On October 27, 1988, the UN General Assembly officially recognized that the World Health Organization declared December 1, 1988 to be World AIDS Day. World AIDS Day has become the longest-running awareness and prevention initiative of its kind in the history of public health.

 “While the medications have improved dramatically over the years, we still do not have a cure for this disease,” stated Renee Yandel, Program Director for HIV Alliance. “We are hopeful that some day in the future we will truly celebrate World AIDS Day as a way to mark the end of this epidemic.”

HIV Alliance was founded in 1994 to prevent new infections of HIV and provide compassionate care to individuals living with this devastating disease. Currently the organization provides care coordination, nurse case management and pharmaceutical support to people living with HIV in 11 counties in Oregon (Lane, Douglas, Josephine, Lake, Klamath, Coos, Curry, Lincoln, Marion, Clatsop and Jackson counties). HIV Alliance has an office in Eugene and an office in Roseburg, as well as AIDS-Certified nurses in Josephine, Douglas and Lane counties. HIV Alliance is a model for effective and efficient HIV prevention, advocacy, care and education programs.

 

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National HIV Statistics

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  • More than 1.1 million people in the United States are living with HIV infection, and almost 1 in 6 (15.8%) are unaware of their infection.
  • Gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (MSMa), particularly young black/African American MSM, are most seriously affected by HIV.
  • By race, blacks/African Americans face the most severe burden of HIV.
  • CDC estimates that approximately 50,000 people in the United States are newly infected with HIV each year. In 2010 (the most recent year that data are available), there were an estimated 47,500 new HIV infections.a Nearly two thirds of these new infections occurred in gay and bisexual men. Black/African American men and women were also highly affected and were estimated to have an HIV incidence rate that was almost 8 times as high as the incidence rate among whites.

Oregon HIV Statistics

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As of December 31, 2012 there were

  • 9,307 HIV diagnoses of HIV in Oregon
  • There were 5,581 people living with HIV in Oregon
  • Diagnoses rates have increased among 20-24 year olds since 2006

National Hepatitis C Statistics

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How common is acute Hepatitis C in the United States?

In 2009, there were an estimated 16,000 acute Hepatitis C virus infections reported in the United States.

How common is chronic Hepatitis C in the United States?

An estimated 3.2 million persons in the United States have chronic Hepatitis C virus infection. Most people do not know they are infected because they don’t look or feel sick.

How likely is it that acute Hepatitis C will become chronic?

Approximately 75%–85% of people who become infected with Hepatitis C virus develop chronic infection.

One in one hundred Americans has Hepatitis C: Reuters reported in March of 2014 that a CDC analysis of National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) data from 2003–2010 indicated that 1 percent of Americans (2.7 million) older than 6 had chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections that could damage their livers severely with time.

Lane County HIV Statistics

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According to recent data, Lane County has the 4th highest prevalence rate in the state and the 5 highest number of new HIV/AIDS diagnosis. As of 2006 there are 296 reported Living HIV/AIDS cases in Lane County (86.3/100,000). In addition there were 14 new HIV/AIDS diagnosis (with average of approximately 17 each year).

HIV Incidence in Lane County mirrors much of our prevalence data. Most new diagnoses are among men, particularly men who have sex with other men. In 2006, 64 percent of new diagnoses were men who reported having sex with other men. For women, the most common report risk was heterosexual sex. Oregon’s incidence data reflects similar trends, with 72% of new diagnoses being men who reported having sex with other men. And the most common reported risk for women was heterosexual sex.

Oregon Statistics

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The Epidemiologic Profile of HIV/AIDS in Oregon states that “HIV remains an important public health problem in Oregon. From 1981 through 2012, 9,307 Oregonians were diagnosed and reported with HIV infection; approximately 40% have since died.
Since 1997, approximately 274 new diagnoses were reported each year in Oregon.  The number of Oregon cases living with HIV has continued to increase each year, nearly doubling from 2,753 in 1997 to 5,581 in 2012.”

For more statistics on HIV/AIDS in the state of Oregon please go to:  Oregon Health Authority: State and Local statistics

For more statistics on HIV/AIDS in the state of Oregon please go to:  Oregon Health Authority: State and Local statistics