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Senate of Pennsylvania
Session of 2017 - 2018 Regular Session

MEMORANDUM

Posted: January 11, 2018 11:40 AM
From: Senator Vincent J. Hughes
To: All Senate members
Subject: A Resolution designating February 7, 2018 as “National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day” in Pennsylvania
 
In the near future, I plan on introducing a Resolution designating February 7, 2018 as “National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day” in Pennsylvania. Representative Wheatley will be offering a House version of the same resolution.
“National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day” began in 2000 to assist efforts to decrease and ultimately eradicate HIV/AIDS in the African-American community, the community most affected by HIV/AIDS. According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), African-Americans accounted for 44% of all new HIV infections while comprising 12% of the United States population. African-American males are seven times more likely to die from HIV/AIDS than non-Hispanic males and African-American women are fifteen times more likely to die from HIV/AIDS than non-Hispanic women.
I hope you will join me in sponsoring this worthy Resolution to designate February 7, 2018 as “National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day” in Pennsylvania.

Introduced as SR273