SOC309Y1 Lecture : SOC309 Feb 17 Lecture
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Race, racism and hiv/aids: supporting african, caribbean and black communities mount. Wangari tharao - women"s health in women"s hands chc/- provides health care services for these women. The african and caribbean council on hiv/aids in ontario (accho) mid 1990s cofounded emerge of hiv in black populations /the african and black diaspora global network on hiv and. Aids (abdgn) co founded 6 years ago mobilizing black populations in diaspora. Tharao in her capacity as an advocate will speak about black people being reocgnized in epidemic also a researcher. Epidemiology of hiv/aids in african and caribbean communities. Multiple, intersecting dimensions of stigma and discrimination and their impacts. Hiv among african and caribbean communities in canada. 18% of people living with hiv in 2008. Hiv prevalence is 23-fold higher compared to non idu heterosexual pop (2008). Prevalence increased by 62% from 2003 to 2008 ave. increase of 10. 1% annually.