OWH conference: "President’s Working Group Recommendations on the Intersection of HIV/AIDS, Violence against Women/Girls and Gender-Related Health Disparities‏"

Submitted by Minuteman on Thu, 2013-09-26 02:54

From a mailing list email:

'Putting Women and Girls First: President’s Working Group Recommendations on the Intersection of HIV/AIDS, Violence against Women/Girls and Gender-Related Health Disparities

Thursday, October 10, 2013
1 p.m. – 3 p.m. ET
Hubert H. Humphrey Building, Great Hall
200 Independence Ave. SW
Washington, DC 20201

In observance of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, please join us for a panel discussion to highlight the release of the President’s Working Group Report on the Intersection of HIV/AIDS, Violence Against Women and Girls, and Gender-related Health Disparities.

Featured speakers include:

  1. Ms. Lynn Rosenthal, White House Advisor on Violence Against Women
  2. Dr. Grant Colfax, Director of the Office on National AIDS Policy
  3. Dr. Gina Brown, Office of AIDS Research, National Institutes of Health

Exhibits will be open at 12:30 p.m. for your review.

To register, send the information below to babette.couser@hhs.gov by close-of-business on Tuesday, October 1, 2013.
(all fields required)

  1. First Name
  2. Last Name
  3. Organizational Affiliation
  4. Phone Number
  5. Email Address
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... read it and ask yourself: what group is in severest need of outreach due to greatest risk?

http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/statistics/basics/ataglance.html

'Gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (MSM) of all races and ethnicities remain the population most profoundly affected by HIV.
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Although MSM represent about 4% of the male population in the United States,4 in 2010, MSM accounted for 78% of new HIV infections among males and 63% of all new infections.2 MSM accounted for 52% of all people living with HIV infection in 2009, the most recent year these data are available.
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The estimated number of new HIV infections was greatest among MSM in the youngest age group. In 2010, the greatest number of new HIV infections (4,800) among MSM occurred in young black/African American MSM aged 13–24. Young black MSM accounted for 45% of new HIV infections among black MSM and 55% of new HIV infections among young MSM overall.
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New HIV infections among women are primarily attributed to heterosexual contact (84% in 2010) or injection drug use (16% in 2010). Women accounted for 20% of estimated new HIV infections in 2010 and 24% of those living with HIV infection in 2009 [1,2]. The 9,500 new infections among women in 2010 reflect a significant 21% decrease from the 12,000 new infections that occurred among this group in 2008.'

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Submitted by Matt on Thu, 2013-09-26 03:17