Marginalized People Are More Likely To Test positive Than Others!

If you look at HIV from a global or nationally persoective, you will still notice that marginalized and poor people in our society are striked disporportinately. Other structural inequailties like racism and gender unequality realtes to poverty that raises the vulnerability and risk for HIV infection. The structural inequalities that are in place still today is living wage employment, healthcare access, access to education, affordable housing which are the basic rights and essential for everyday life, but still exclude millinos of the less fortunate globally and nationally. According to the World Health Organization, there were 33 million people that were living with HIV and less than 1 out of every 5 has access to HIV pre vention services. This is serious and mind blowing, 33million is Chicago population times 10, 11. HIV connects and relates to hunger, homelessness, socially isolated neighborhoods, neighborhoods near the landfills, poverty and extreme poverty because people that experience or live through these conditions and issues subject them to being a high risk of HIV infection due to their vulnerbilities. For instance, the life expectancy for Blacks is quite low compared to any other ethnic group especially Whites. According to New York Times by Lawerence K. Altman, there is 600,000 African Americans living with HIV and 30,000 are being infected each year. HIV/Aids is everywhere but more of a problem and out of control in the poorest countries and cities. For example, Africa have the laregst mass of people that has HIV/AIDS and we know the majority of what ethnicity group reside there. The 10 states with the most people that live and experience extreme poverty has the highest rate of people that are infected with HIV/AIDS. Ethnic groups like Black and Latino have a higher rate than any other ethnic group, also Blacks and Latino's are the ones that experience and live in poverty more than any other ethnic group, it correlates with the risk of being infected by HIV/AIDS.

I agree and stand behind Dr. Williamson position stating that people living with HIV/AIDS are human beings just like us no better or worse and that they too need affordable housing, adequate, and also need and want livingable wage emplyment as well. The economic, social and helth policy is concerns for all, which includes the less fortunate and people living with HIV/AIDS. In my opinion I think everyone should receive a class with a lecture and video or audio on the impact on HIV/AIDS

Bibliography: New York Times July 30, 2008,

Dr. Williamson

World Health Organization