World AIDS Day 2001:
"I care . . . Do you?"
With the world's landscape so drastically altered in the minds of most Americans after September 11th, it's hard to remember that AIDS is still a pressing problem. Sadly, it is -- and it's becoming more urgent by the day. Sub-Saharan Africa still faces disaster, with 22 million of its people infected.
Back home in the U.S. AIDS has become an equal opportunity disease: The number of American women with AIDS has more than tripled since 1985, and at least half of all new infections are in people under 25.
This year's World AIDS Day theme, "I care . . . Do you?" focuses on the role of men in the AIDS epidemic -- and, specifically, on the ways in which young men and women can more openly and fully discuss HIV prevention or post-infection care. On these pages, The Body offers a comprehensive listing of Web pages and sites you can use to teach yourself and others about HIV/AIDS, get more deeply involved in the battle against the disease, and help yourself once you've been infected.
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