(BlackDoctor.org) -- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released new data today confirming what AIDS watchdogs have been saying for years: Black gay and bisexual men and Black women are being devastated by HIV/AIDS. That ugly reality is now indisputable. But what's just as clear is that resources currently dedicated to changing that reality are woefully inadequate and not targeted at the heart of the problem.
A mobilization to end AIDS in Black communities has exploded in recent years. People from every corner of our community are getting involved-gay and straight, male and female, churches and civil rights groups, business people and celebrities, college students and community organizers. It is now crucial that policymakers at both the federal and local level finally join the fight.
"We're told the CDC's new data is the result of breakthrough technology," said Black AIDS Institute CEO Phill Wilson. "The question now is, where is the breakthrough urgency? We know the problem. So what are we going to do about it? Where are the federal resources to support Black people in saving our community?"
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