WVON

The HIV/AIDS pandemic has existed since the early 1980s, with two groups being heavily impacted: men who have sex with men and intravenous drug users. Although infections have decreased over the years as a result… of medical advancements, men who have sex with men, and heterosexual Black women face the most severe burden of HIV and AIDS in the nation. Social and economic challenges, such as lack of access to care, discrimination, stigma, homophobia, and poverty cause Black people and people of color to have higher rates of HIV infection than their white counterparts.