WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Congressional and Latino community
leaders announce highlights of The National Latino AIDS Awareness Day
festivities and the release of a new study on Hispanic women and HIV/AIDS.
National Latino AIDS Awareness day was founded to call for expansion of
resources for preventing spread of HIV infection in Latino communities and to
promote activities that raise national, state and local awareness of the
expanding HIV/AIDS epidemic in Latino communities.
The number of Latinas with AIDS has increased by 53% since 1990. A panel
discussion on these and many other statistics will be held directly following
the press conference. HIV/AIDS testing will be offered concurrently in the
adjacent room.
WHAT: Release of Las Olvidadas: Latinas and HIV/AIDS -- a new report by
the Hispanic Federation on Hispanic women and HIV/AIDS
WHO: Hon. Hilda Solis, Congresswoman (D-CA) -- Chairwoman of the
Congressional Hispanic Caucus Sub-Committee on Health
Hon. Bob Menendez (D-NJ), Chairman of the Democratic Caucus
Lillian Rodriguez-Lopez, President, Hispanic Federation
Dennis deLeon, President, Latino Commission on AIDS
Elsa Rios, Author of Las Olvidadas: Latinas and HIV/AIDS
WHEN: Tuesday, October 18, 2005
10:00 am -10:30 am
Panel: 10:30 am -11:30 am
WHERE: Cannon House Office Building
Rm. 121
Washington, DC
This media advisory is being disseminated to Washington D.C. to English
and Spanish-language media by PR Newswire, the official newsletter of National
Latino AIDS Awareness Day and the global leader in news and information
distribution services.
SOURCE Hispanic Federation; Latino Commission on HIV/AIDS
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Related links:
http://www.hispanicfederation.org
CONTACT:
Grace Lopez, Director of Washington
Operations, +1-202-842-0235, of the Hispanic Federation
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