AIDS Treatment Eludes Many Indians (washingtonpost.com): Many American Indians infected with HIV/AIDS aren't treated for the disease because of the stigma surrounding it in their communities, members of an Indian group said at an annual meeting Tuesday. ... "People still see it as a gay, white man's disease," said Jack Jackson Jr., a Navajo and consultant to the National Native American AIDS Prevention Center. "A young, gay Indian man ... may not hold himself in high regard and act out in a safe way." ... the rate of AIDS among Indians is 11.3 per 100,000 people, compared to 9 per 100,000 for whites, the CDC said. U.S. Surgeon General David Satcher recently labeled HIV/AIDS a time bomb among Indians.
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