The Switch Up — Activists say AIDS-free generation on the horizon
Update: 2024-12-04
Description
The World Health Organization established World AIDS Day on Dec. 1, 1988. Thousands were contracting HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Since the first AIDS case was reported in 1981, some 25 million people have died from the disease.
On this episode of The Switch Up, race and politics reporter Cheyanne M. Daniels explores how activists are working to educate communities on HIV/AIDS, end the stigma associated with the illness and address the growing racial disparities around the disease.
Their ultimate goal? To create an HIV/AIDS-free generation.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Comments
In Channel






