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The theme for HIV/AIDS Care and Service Providers to the year 2010 is "Keeping the Promise".  At the Long Beach AIDS Foundation, we think this means holding everyone accountable for producing results and funding to impact the global pandemic of AIDS.

No longer can we look at AIDS as strictly a regional issue, but as an issue that we all need to work in collaboration with each other. The Foundation is looking to hold our Federal, State and County grant makers accountable in funding to the agencies that deliver services and prevention programs.  The Foundation will be looking at HIV/AIDS agencies to be held accountable to their clients, community and partners in improving services and prevention programs.  The Long Beach AIDS Foundation is working in collaboration to improve efficiencies, reduce program duplicities, and make measurable impact on HIV numbers.

The Foundation will look at reaching out to underserved communities with our HIV/AIDS beneficiary partners with new or innovative programs, or forming new collaborations with businesses, churches, and community associations to address HIV/AIDS in our communities.

Serious Issues Face Our Kids and Adolescents!

By now you are aware of our deep concern with the shocking statistics among those age 15-24.  So much so that we are focusing our marketing on HIV youth awareness efforts, prevention programs and funding of beneficiary programs targeting the youth market.  Should we all be alarmed?  The Foundation is taking a public position of, YES!

During the month of March 2008, the Center for Disease Control released a national report showing that 25% of all teenage girls had at least one form of common STDs.  These common STDs are also seen in the medical community as "gateways" to possible HIV infection.  This coupled with the fact that in Los Angeles County 54% of all new HIV infections occurred among those age 15-24 with 25% of them not even aware they were infected is alarming at the very least!

The problem as we see it is that the CDC does restrict collection of real-time data broken down by age, race, ethnicity and other demographics until 5 years of dependable date has been achieved.  We think that's far too long to wait.  What do you think?

So we are being proactive with a new youth-driven HIV awareness program that will soon hit the airwaves, internet, social-network sites, print and media and other avenues to drive our new program called 

SPOT-U.   Spot U is paired with the "Now that You Know" campaign to drive youth HIV awareness to an interactive web site at www.spotu.org .  The program will fully launch in May across the entire Los Angeles market.  We have secured some funding for this project and are fully committed to making an impact on this age group.  Now that you know, what will you do?

Exercising Some Caution

There is a little bit of good news to report - we are seeing a small reduction in new HIV infections among Caucasian Men.  However, this good news should also be looked against the backdrop of where new cases of HIV infections are coming from.  Methamphetamine users are now one of the fastest growing rate of new HIV infections.

The changing face of meth users is that they are primarily white collar users, today.  These are not people who live on the edge or on the streets.  They are people we work and live with everyday.  It is at a crisis issue in our city as in every major city.  Meth users are accountants, lawyers, managers, and just about every type of working professional or service employee.  Meth users are young adults to middle ages.  It is a highly addictive drug that give the user a sense of euphoria and makes them feel good about themselves and sexual attractive. This euphoria coupled with unprotected sex is cause for alarm in our community.

Many meth users do not know their HIV status, don't care or don't use safe sex practices.  As a result meth users are infecting people in the general population through partner infections. 

Are we generalizing a statement of the issues facing Long Beach? We think serious problems require serious and honest discussions.  We're not afraid of what has to be said in order to bring awareness to the problems facing our community.  Wouldn't you agree?  Tell us your stories or send us an email. Maybe your stories can motivate a community to face this serious problem.

Click on the link below for the Long Beach Dept of Health and Human Services - HIV Monitoring Report.

 Long Beach HIV Monitoring Report (June 2007)

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