AIDS Leaders Rebecca Haag and David Munar Call You to Act on the National AIDS Strategy

Tune in to AIDS Action's Rebecca Haag and David Munar of the AIDS Foundation of Chicago in this radio interview on "The Agenda," hosted by Joe Solomonese, Executive Director of the Human Rights Campaign.

They discussed the National AIDS Strategy Call to Action.

Listen up and then sign on in support as an individual. Sign your organization on as well.

AIDS is a national crisis. The next President of the U.S. should develop a results-oriented AIDS strategy.

The wealthiest nation in the world is failing its own people in responding to the AIDS epidemic at home. Consider that in the U.S.:

* Every year, 40,000 people are newly infected with HIV. The HIV infection rate has not fallen in 15 years.

* Over a million people are living with HIV. In 2002, an estimated half of people living with HIV/AIDS were not in care.

* African Americans represent 13% of the population but nearly half of all new HIV infections. In 2004, HIV/AIDS was the leading cause of death among black women ages 25 - 34.