The Obama administration's National HIV/AIDS Strategy for the United States specifically calls for a focus on the "groups and communities where the most cases of new infections are occurring." These groups are disadvantaged, ethnic minorities.
On World AIDS Day, Latinos must stand strong as a global community to eliminate health disparities and arm communities with the tools they need to protect themselves.
While Latinos account for only 15 percent of the American population, they make up 18 percent of people living with HIV and 19 percent of new AIDS diagnoses.