Culturosity

A friend of mine was telling me yesterday about the Live Up Media Campaign, "the Caribbean's first media-led campaign on HIV/AIDS." Marina Salandy-Brown puts in all in context, as she shares her perspective on the issue of HIV/AIDS in caribbean media:

UNAIDS estimates that, in 2006, 250,000 people in the Caribbean were living with HIV, 15,000 of them under age 14. Twice as many young women as men aged 15-24 have the virus. In 2006 alone 27,000 people became infected and AIDS has become the biggest killer of Caribbean people aged 15-44. So it’s a serious issue, but we are still pretty ignorant of the facts, do not know how to respond to the threat of getting HIV, and treat those who have it like we once did lepers.

Sure we've got a long way to go, but for more information check out the International HIV/AIDS Alliance or the Society for Family Health. You'll also note that the Elton John AIDS Foundation is making a significant contribution to the Live Up initiative, so stop trying to piss the man off.