PHILADELPHIA, February 3, 2009 - One Day At A Time (ODAAT) will be celebrating twenty-five years of service to the community on February 7, 2009, at the AFCOM Center from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
PHILADELPHIA, December 22, 2008 - One Day At A Time (ODAAT) will be holding it's annual Toy March for kids on Tuesday, December 23, 2008 at 1:00 p.m. The march will raise awareness about the disproportionately high levels of violence in the North Philadelphia community over the last decade. ODAAT anticipates the march will draw approximately 200 people.
PHILADELPHIA, November 20, 2008 - Mel Wells, president, and Reverend Henry T. Wells, founder, are pleased to announce that One Day At A Time (ODAAT) will be hosting its annual Community Thanksgiving Day Dinner for Philadelphia men, women and families suffering from homelessness.
Each year, more than 40,000 people become newly infected with HIV in the United States.
That's 109 new infections per day or 1 new infection every 13 minutes.
HIV Facts:
The CDC recommends that everyone in the US aged 13-64, regardless of perceived risk, get tested for HIV to help stop the spread of the disease.
It also recommends that sexually active gay and bisexual men be tested for HIV at LEAST once a year.
HIV Fact:
In the United States, men account for 73% of new infections. Philadelphia reports African American women are the fastest growing population.
The CDC estimates that one-quarter of HIV-infected people are unaware of their HIV infection and that these cases account for 54-70% of all new infections.
HIV Facts:
The CDC estimates that African Americans are more severely and disproportionately affected by HIV than any other racial/ethnic group in the United States.
More infections occur among young people under 30 than any other age group. Persons 30-39 have the second highest infection rate.
HIV Facts:
Gay and bisexual men accounted for a significantly greater proportion of estimated new infections nation-wide in the United States in 2006 than any other risk group.
Philadelphia statistics however reported heterosexual's accounted for the largest population.
Every 13 minutes another person becomes infected with the HIV virus in the United States.
HIV Facts:
Injection drug use (IDU) accounted for 12% of estimated new HIV infections in the United States in 2006.
Philadelphia reported a slightly higher statistic of 13%.
HIV Facts:
One in every two people living with HIV in the United States is Black. Philadelphia reports 67%of new infections are African Americans.
2006 CDC data indicates about half of the just over 1 million Americans living with HIVS or AIDS are black.
HIV Facts:
High-risk heterosexual contact accounted for 31% of estimated new HIV infections in the United States in 2006.
Philadelphia reported 55% in the same population.
HIV Fact:
In 2006 the rate of new HIV infections among non-Hispanic blacks was 7 times the rate among whites. Hispanics saw a rate 3 times that of the white population. Whites accounted for 35% of estimated new HIV infections. Asians/Pacific Islanders accounted for roughly 2% and American Indians/Alaska Natives accounted for roughly 1%.
