LATINO COMMISSION ON AIDS... meeting health challenges in the Latino Community



For Immediate Release Contact:
Guillermo Chacón (212) 920-1611
gchacon@latinoaids.org or
Tim Frasca (917) 689-9475
tfrasca@latinoaids.org


MEDIA ALERT - WORLD AIDS DAY

The Latino Commission on AIDS will release report “Shaping the New Response: HIV/AIDS and Latinos in the Deep South” on December 1st/World AIDS Day, 2008.


Photograph by Natalia Weedy

The Report is the result of a two-year fact-finding and cooperative project on the state of HIV/AIDS prevention and care services for Latinos in the Deep South: North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi and Louisiana.

The Commission’s report describes serious lack of access to prevention and care services for Latinos which has resulted in disproportionate HIV/AIDS rates among Spanish-speakers in the region. The Report details efforts by local health providers, community based organizations and Health Departments to respond to this challenging public health reality. The Report also makes recommendations building on local efforts to improve the current situation.

Date: Monday, December 1st

National Call-In Press Conference: 12:00 PM EST ( English and Spanish). Dial-in number (888) 387-8686 password 4615450

In-Person Press Conference: 1:00 p.m. EST (English and Spanish) Latino Commission on AIDS at 24 West 25th Street 10th Floor, New York City (Bet 6th Avenue & Broadway)

For more information and to arrange interviews, call
Guillermo Chacón (212) 920-1611 or gchacon@latinoaids.org (Spanish)
Tim Frasca (917) 689-9475 or tfrasca@latinoaids.org (English)

 

ABOUT THE LATINO COMMISSION ON AIDS
The Latino Commission on AIDS is a nonprofit membership organization founded in 1990 to respond to the HIV/AIDS crisis in the Latino/Hispanic communities. The Commission is the leading national Latino AIDS organization coordinating National Latino AIDS Awareness Day and other prevention, research and advocacy programs in more than 40 States, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. For more information visit: www.latinoaids.org or www.nlaad.org.

UNIDOS PODEMOS / UNITED WE CAN