{"id":37170,"date":"2021-02-05T08:00:34","date_gmt":"2021-02-05T13:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/?p=37170"},"modified":"2021-02-05T08:56:46","modified_gmt":"2021-02-05T13:56:46","slug":"black-new-brunswickers-disproportionately-impacted-by-hiv-aids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/black-new-brunswickers-disproportionately-impacted-by-hiv-aids\/","title":{"rendered":"Black New Brunswickers disproportionately impacted by HIV\/AIDS"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today, <\/span>February 5th is National Black HIV\/AIDS Awareness Day.<\/span><\/p>\n

Despite being only 2.5% of New Brunswick\u2019s population, Black New Brunswickers make up 16% of people with HIV\/AIDS in the province.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

While New Brunswick\u2019s new cases of HIV\/AIDS are slowly going down, AIDS-NB Executive Director Amanda Diggins says the HIV epidemic is far from over. <\/span>Treatment methods have improved dramatically since 1981, however 1 million people still die from HIV\/AIDS each year.<\/span><\/p>\n

Stigma and misinformation surrounding the autoimmune disease remains prevalent to this day, and has a significant impact on the quality of life for people living with HIV\/AIDS.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Diggins says that \"[HIV] disproportionately affects Black Canadians and newcomers to New Brunswick.\"\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Black folks with HIV are less likely often to have full medical treatment. There's a lot of stigma and discrimination.\".<\/p>\n

African countries still have high rates of HIV\/AIDS, and in some cases is the leading cause of death.<\/p>\n

There are many parallels between the 1980s, and ongoing, AIDS epidemic and the current COVID-19 pandemic.\u00a0<\/span>Shame, blame, and fear surrounding transmissible disease is a recurring event in recent history. <\/span>Fear of being stigmatized, says Diggins, is enough to make people afraid to be tested for HIV.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Medicine has progressed, but there is still so much stigma. We still hear people say things like 'saliva can transmit HIV,' which it absolutely cannot.\"<\/p>\n

Diggins highly recommends preventative care when it comes to HIV\/AIDS.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) is a daily pill that is highly effective in preventing HIV, which Diggins recommends for those engaging in unprotected sexual activity or injectable drug use. PEP (post-exposure prophylaxis) can be taken after an exposure to HIV up to 72 hours after the exposure, and is often used in cases of sexual assault.<\/p>\n

ENSEMBLE Moncton is a resource for people with HIV\/AIDS in the area, and they can be reached at (506) 859-9616.<\/span><\/p>\n

As reported on the Tantramar Report:<\/p>\n\n

Today, February 5th is National Black HIV\/AIDS Awareness Day. Despite being only 2.5% of New Brunswick\u2019s population, Black New Brunswickers make up 16% of people with HIV\/AIDS in the province.\u00a0 While New Brunswick\u2019s new cases of HIV\/AIDS are slowly going down, AIDS-NB Executive Director Amanda Diggins says the HIV epidemic is far from over. Treatment…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":69,"featured_media":37134,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[218,223,3265],"tags":[5725,5727,5726,5724,284,3685,5723],"radio":[227],"origine":[274,275,277],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37170"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/69"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37170\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37170"},{"taxonomy":"radio","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/radio?post=37170"},{"taxonomy":"origine","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/origine?post=37170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}