Action Tips: Bring the Frightening Facts of HIV/AIDS in the U.S. to Your School

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Action Tips: Bring the Frightening Facts of HIV/AIDS in the U.S. to Your School

classroom in library

Create a chart of how many people are infected everyday in the U.S. Display the frightening statistics, including:

Number of people diagnosed with HIV/AIDS in the U.S.: 1.1 million
Number of U.S. AIDS deaths from beginning of epidemic to 2007: 562,793, including 14,110 in 2007
Percept of people infected with HIV who don't know it: 21%
African Americans accounted for 51% of people diagnosed with HIV/AIDS in the U.S. in 2007.

For help on how to spread the word, check out Do Something's tips on how to have an awareness campaign [2]!

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [3]

Time:

Where:

Issues:

LGBT Rights [7]

Sex Education [8]

HIV and AIDS [9]

Sexual Health [10]

Sex and Relationships [11]

Who:

Club [12]

Sports Team [14]

With Your Friends [15]

Source URL: http://www.dosomething.org/actnow/actionguide/bring-frightening-facts-hivaids-your-school

Links:
[1] http://twitter.com/share
[2] http://www.dosomething.org/actnow/actionguide/start-awareness-campaign-about-your-cause-your-school-or-neighborhood
[3] http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/resources/factsheets/
[4] http://www.dosomething.org/category/time/one-day
[5] http://www.dosomething.org/category/time/one-week
[6] http://www.dosomething.org/category/where/at-school
[7] http://www.dosomething.org/issues/lgbt-rights
[8] http://www.dosomething.org/issues/sex-education
[9] http://www.dosomething.org/issues/hiv-and-aids
[10] http://www.dosomething.org/issues/sexual-health
[11] http://www.dosomething.org/cause/sex-and-relationships
[12] http://www.dosomething.org/category/who/club
[13] http://www.dosomething.org/category/who/school
[14] http://www.dosomething.org/category/who/sports-team
[15] http://www.dosomething.org/category/who/with-your-friends