Wednesday, December 01, 2010

World AIDS Day

We encourage you on World AIDS Day to learn about the way that AIDS and HIV affect our API communities.

For A&PIs of all sexual orientations, including heterosexuals, 1 in 3 living with HIV don't know it. Even worse, two-thirds of all Asians and over half of all Pacific Islanders have never been tested for HIV. Here are more key facts about HIV and A&PIs:


  • Between 2001 and 2004, Asian and Pacific Islander men had the largest percentage increase in new HIV infections, more than any other racial and ethnic group
  • Between 2001 and 2006, the number of new HIV infections among young gay and bisexual Asian and Pacific Islander men more than doubled