DOES HIV LOOK LIKE ME? UNITED STATES CAMPAIGN VIDEO
The DOES HIV LOOK LIKE ME? campaign was initiated in the USA in 2008, as an off-shoot to Hope’s Voice speakers bureau. The speakers bureau represents a group of young people living with HIV/AIDS who educate on school campuses across the US. The USA ambassadors are dynamic and diverse, and truly show that there is no single representation of HIV as it relates to young people. Some of the ambassadors were born with HIV, some infected as infants and others as adolescents and young adults. Together, they challenge assumptions and stereotypes, and have inspired a global movement of young people speaking their truth. The campaigns have come a long way, thanks to much love and hard work especially from those who were the trailblazers, here in this video, Thank-you!
UNITED STATES FACTS
- It is estimated 1.2 million people in the United States are living with HIV infection and 1 in 5 are unaware of their infection
- In 2009 young persons age 13 – 29 years accounted for 39% of new infections.
- Although the number of AIDS related deaths is deceasing, the number of new infections has been increasing over the last ten years.
- After 22 years, on October 2009, the U.S. HIV travel ban was lifted. An immediate result of the change in law it was announced that Washington DC to host the 2012 International AIDS Conference.
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