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INTRODUCTORY*
CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)
Introduced by: Councilmembers Holton, Rawlings Blake
A RESOLUTION ENTITLED
A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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The Black Church Week of Prayer for the Healing of AIDS - March 5-11, 2006
FOR the purpose of supporting for the 17th Annual Black Church Week of Prayer for the Healing of AIDS, which is a powerful week of prayer, education, and action, encouraging Black congregations to come together and empower African Americans to take action toward the stopping of the spread of HIV/AIDS in Black communities the world over.
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Baltimore City leads the nation in the number of residents infected with the HIV virus and AIDS. The Division of Communicable Diseases and Epidemiology of Morgan State University revealed that there are more than 18,000 residents of the City living with HIV infection. This figure comprises the approximately 5000 citizens living with AIDS, the approximately 7000 people identified by the local health department as being HIV positive, several thousand more not tested or tested prior to surveillance in 1995, and the 15% HIV-positive population that rotates in and out of state and local prisons.
In 2000, 89% of persons living with HIV/AIDS were African Americans, 63% were men, and the number of women contracting the virus was approaching that of the number of men. These statistics mirror a national trend where 47% of cases reported nationwide were among African Americans, 63% of all w...
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