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Working
Wonders in collaboration with Desert AIDS Project
Commemorate the 1st Annual National Women and
Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day by hosting a FREE
Community Forum at “On the Rocks Restaurant”,
Cimarron Golf Club & Resort
(67-603 30th Ave. off of Landau, Cathedral City)
Thursday, March
9th from 6-8 pm.
February 23, 2006
The Community Forum will consist of a Key Note
Speaker and a Health Panel that will speak on
the issues related to Women and HIV. Our keynote
speaker is Jorge Rodriguez, M.D. Medical Director
of Orange Coast Medical Group. Our Community
Health Panel includes: Evelyn Valentino-Hernandez,
founder and CEO of Working Wonders; Shubha Kerkar,
M.D, Director of Infectious Diseases at the Desert
AIDS Project, and Rita Strombeck, Ph.D, President
of HealthCare Education Associates.
Dinner will also be served at 6:00 PM with presentations
beginning at 6:30 PM. Working Wonders and Desert
AIDS Project welcome community members and healthcare
providers to join us. Seating
is limited and registration is required. To register please
call Working Wonders @ 324-7586.
March 10, 2006 marks the first annual National
Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. This
day is set to raise awareness on the increasing
impact of HIV/AIDS transmission on women and
girls.
Long considered a men’s disease, HIV/AIDS
is a rapidly growing public health problem among
women. HIV/AIDS remains among the leading causes
of death for U.S. women ages 25-44. The increasing
proportion of adolescent and adult women with
HIV and AIDS in the United States (U.S.) demands
a renewed commitment to prevention efforts targeted
to women.
Between 1985 and 2001, the proportion of AIDS
cases among adolescent and adult women reported
in the U.S. has grown more than three-fold, from
7 percent in 1985 to 26 percent in 2001. In the
U.S. women of color are especially hard hit by
HIV and AIDS and represented over 80% of the
reported AIDS cases in 2001. Adolescent girls
and younger women are increasingly at higher
risk for HIV/AIDS as this pandemic continues
to grow in their respective communities.
Globally, there are 17.5 million women living
with HIV. As of December 2005, women accounted
for 14% of all HIV cases and 8% of all AIDS cases
reported in California. In Riverside County,
women accounted for 7.7% of the total HIV cases
and made up 8.7% of all AIDS cases.
Remember seating is limited, so don’t
delay. Call 760-324-7586 to register. For more
information please call Desert AIDS Project @
760-323-2118 x 230 or Working Wonders @ 760-324-7586.
Information Contact:
Mary Kay Plock, 760-323-2118 ext. 22 |
