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	Miracle of Love Welcomes you The Mission statement of Miracle of Love Inc. is to provide comprehensive, multicultural HIV/AIDS care, education and prevention services that are effective and responsive to the central Florida communities. What's happening at Miracle of Love? Check out our News tab to find out what is going on at Miracle of Love and the latest news with HIV/AIDS. A word from Executive Director Nicola Norton On behalf of the entire Miracle of Love, Inc. staff, I would like to welcome you to our Web site. MOL is the oldest minority AIDS service organization in the Central Florida Area. For over fifteen years, we have been offering quality programs and services to communities in Orange, Seminole Osceola and Lake Counties. By partnering with some of our supporters such as: the Florida Department of Health, The Center for Disease Control and Prevention, The City of Orlando, Orange County Health Department and Medicaid we are able to fulfill our mission and provide needed services to HIV positive and negative individuals that walk through our doors each and every day. Thank you again for your interest in our invaluable agency and if you have any questions please contact the appropriate individual for more assistance. Sincerely, Nicola Norton-Guerrero .

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Spotlight: Commemorating 25 Years of HIV/AIDS

25 Years of HIV/AIDS image. Nearly 25 years after the first report of a handful of cases of a nameless deadly disease among gay men in New York and Los Angeles, there are still over 1 million persons living with HIV in the United States. About one-fourth of those with HIV have not yet been diagnosed and are unaware of their infection. The “new” syndrome discovered 25 years ago has become one of the deadliest epidemics in human history, killing more than 25 million people around the world, including more than 500,000 Americans. In the last decade, major advances in prevention and treatment for HIV/AIDS have prolonged and improved the lives of many, but despite extremely beneficial advances, the epidemic is far from over. An estimated 40,000 Americans still become infected with HIV every year, and many of these are young persons under the age of 25. African American men and women are among the hardest hit populations in the U.S. In 2004, they accounted for half of all new HIV diagnoses in this country and more than a third of AIDS deaths to date. African American men who have sex with men (MSM) are especially hard hit. Recent data show significant declines in HIV diagnoses in nearly every group of African Americans except black MSM. Women also remain a particularly vulnerable population, accounting for 29% of all HIV diagnoses in 2004.

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African Americans & AIDS

Among diseases that disproportionately affect African Americans, HIV/AIDS has had a particularly devastating effect. At every stage―from HIV diagnosis through the death of persons with AIDS―the hardest-hit racial or ethnic group is African Americans. Overall, even though African Americans make up only approximately 13% of the US population, one half of the estimated new numbers of HIV/AIDS diagnoses in the United States in 2004 were for African Americans.

Race/ethnicity of adults and adolescents with HIV/AIDS diagnosed in 2004
No. = 38,730, African American: 50%, White: 30%, Hispanic: 18%, Asian/Pacific Islander: 1%, American Indian/Alaska Native <1%

Note. Based on data from 35 areas with long-term, confidential, name-based HIV reporting.

AIDS has become a leading cause of death for African Americans. In 2002 (the most recent year for which data are available), HIV/AIDS was the second leading cause of death for all African Americans aged 35–44. In the same year, HIV/AIDS was the number 1 cause of death for African American women aged 25–34.

The cumulative toll (from the beginning of the epidemic through 2004) of AIDS is sobering.

Of the almost 1 million cases of AIDS diagnosed in the United States and its dependencies, possessions, and associated nations, 40% were in African Americans.
Of the more than half a million people with AIDS who have died, 38% were African Americans.

In 2002, HIV/AIDS was the number 1 cause of death for African American women aged 25-34.

It is not an exaggeration to say that HIV/AIDS is an epidemic in the African American community.

Quick Facts:

African Americans have accounted for 40% of AIDS diagnoses since the beginning of the epidemic.
African Americans do not live as long as people in other racial or ethnic groups who have AIDS.
In 2004,more African American children (under the age of 13) were living with AIDS than were children of all other races and ethnicities living with AIDS combined.

* The estimated number of new HIV/AIDS diagnoses is derived from 35 areas with long-term, confidential name-based HIV reporting. The 35 areas include the US Virgin Islands, Guam, and 33 states: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.