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he 13th annual World
A ID S Day is being
observed Dec. 1 to increase
awareness of the magnitude
of the epidemic globally and
in the United States.
T h is year’s theme is
“ A ID S: A ll M en— Make a
Difference!” Because men rep
resent the majority of people
living with H IV/AIDS, they are
being urged to increase their
awareness o f the risk for them
selves, their partners and their
children and to use their influence
in their families, am ong their
friends and in their communities to
help stem the tide of the disease.
The global epidemic has become
so alarming that the United States
has declared A ID S a national security
threat. About 850,000 people in this
country now are infected with HIV.
Despite the fact that new A ID S
drugs are prolonging years of productive
life for many with HIV, the rate o f new
infections remains high in the United
States, with 40,000 new infections report
ed in 1999. This is a brief history of the epidemic: I Angeles who has drawn national attention for
his work on H IV and A ID S.
• 1981: The Centers for Disease Control and
Maria Kosm etatos, Oregon Health Sciences
Prevention describe a new disorder affecting five
University certified family nurse practitioner,
men in Los Angeles. T he same disorder, later
will summarize her visit to Mutare, Zimbabwe,
named acquired immune deficiency syndrome,
Portland’s sister city, as part o f the Africa AIDS
is found in intravenous dm g users in New York.
Response effort. C h onitia Suhailah, Northeast
• 1982: The disease is diagnosed in a hem o
Health C lin ics Inc. community health educator,
philiac who received a tainted blood-clotting
will unveil a second panel to the Oregon
product.
African A m erican Quilt to comm em orate the
• 1984: A U .S. team led by Robert G allo
lives o f people with H IV /A ID S.
and a French team led by Luc M ontagnier
O ther featured speakers and performers will
announce almost simultaneously that they have
include state Rep. Jo A nn Bowman of Portland;
isolated the virus that causes A ID S.
a representative of state Sen. Avel Gordly’s
• 1985: The Food and Drug Adm inistration
office; Corliss McKeever, African American
licenses the first test to detect the human
H ealth C o alitio n president; Brian Croshy-
immunodeficiency virus in blood.
Payne, African Am erican H IV /A ID S mobiliza
• 1987: The FD A licenses AZT, which pro
longs the lives of A ID S patients. It is not avail
tion and vigil coalition co-chair; and the Sisters
able to many people because of the expense.
o f Soul G ospel Choir. T h e event will end with a
• 1988: The Office for A ID S Research,
candlelight vigil.
financed through the National Institutes of
Dinner will be provided for the first 200 par
Health, is established.
ticipants, so preregistration is strongly encour
• 1995: The FDA approves the first protease
aged. C all Patti M cM ains at 503-731-4029 to
inhibitor for H IV treatm ent. Two others,
make reservations.
including Crixivan, are approved the next year.
• 1996: A study shows that traces of HIV
F r e e C h r is t m a s T r e e s
had disappeared from the blood o f some patients
f o r P e o p l e w it h
taking protease inhibitors. The World Health
Organization begins large-scale clinical trials of
he giving season has begun.
two U.S.-made preventive A ID S vaccines in
Free Christm as trees are available for
Thailand and Brazil.
people with A ID S who are unable to afford one
• 2000: The United Nations issues a report
or are too sick to obtain one on their own. They
that 34 million people worldwide are living with
can he picked up in N ortheast Portland, or
A ID S and 19 million people have died.
delivery can be arranged.
T he five-year-old program is being organized
by Robin Chavis. He was motivated to arrange
frican merican
the tree giveaway when he started thinking about
the financial strains the holiday season places on
igil lanned
those who are burdened by chronic illness.
he second annual A frican Am erican
C havis contacted alm ost 20 growers before
H IV /AID S vigil will he held from 6 to
he found Dan and Debbie Fischer o f Colton. He
9 p.m. Dec. 9 at the Oregon Convention C en said they are wonderful people.
ter, 777 N.E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Last year, the couple donated 50 trees. This
“ In Oregon, African Americans have a high
year, the program will give away about 35.
er HIV infection rate than any other population,”
Dan Fischer helps deliver some o f the trees.
said Oregon Health Division administrator Mar Chavis said he thinks the couple find meaning
tin Wasserman, who will speak during the event.
in seeing the trees they’ve nurtured for seven
This community event is an opportunity for
years end up in the homes o f people who so need
African Americans and others to gain awareness
and enjoy them.
and insight into the impact of HIV and A ID S so
O ne year, the two men stepped into a
they can mobilize to confront the disease.”
Caribbean-themed party when they delivered
The keynote speaker will he Wilbert Jordan,
one of the donated trees. A sick young man rest
an African American internist practicing in Los
ed on the sofa while he and his friends drank
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