According to the Virginia Department of Health, in 2008 71% of people with HIV/AIDS in Hampton Roads and the Eastern Shore were Black men – a shocking number considering African-Americans make up 12% of the population.  Black women are 23% more likely to be infected with the AIDS virus than White women.  Why is this disease ravishing our community?  We’ll talk with the experts – Jerome Cuffee, Tidewater AIDS Community Task Force; Dr. Angela Mercer, and Hildegard Richardson with Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Virginia – on the next Another View, Thursday, April 16 at 9P on WHRO, digital 15.1.

 Contact Our Guests:

• Jerome Cuffee, Outreach Specialist/Youth Coordinator

• Hildegard Richardson, Community Health Educator

• Dr. Angela Mercer, Director