HIV in the Suburbs: ‘The Mindset Needs to Change’
The battle against HIV and AIDS in Waukesha County is on high alert for one local woman, and she thinks some real changes need to be made to the suburban mindset.
To some, the battle against HIV and AIDS may appear to be raging elsewhere, but rarely do people imagine the fight happening in their own backyard. The Wisconsin Department of Health Services recently updated its data regarding HIV and AIDS, and the numbers may be surprising. In Wisconsin, Waukesha County has the sixth-highest number of people living with HIV or AIDS, with Milwaukee and Dane counties significantly higher. What’s more surprising is the number of people getting infected isn’t decreasing. The infection peaked in 1990, but for the past decade, the number of people getting infected each year has remained relatively the same. Wisconsin's infection rate is still about one-third that of the nation as whole, but the to Corrie …
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Andy Ambrosius
8:44 am on Friday, May 4, 2012
Thank you! And isn't that the truth? As soon as I found the statistics, I was a little shocked. Although the numbers in our county are far less than neighboring counties, or even the national average, it's still something everyone should be conscious of. more ›