11.29.10: Project Faith - Los Angeles - HIV/AIDS

World AIDS Day is being observed around the globe this Wednesday, December 1st. According to the United Nations program on AIDS, 33.3 million people --including 2.5 million children--- are living with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. The most recent data show that last year, close to 2.6 million people became newly infected with HIV. An international non-profit dedicated to spreading awareness about HIV and AIDS, called AVERT estimates that 1.8 million people died from the disease last year. The focus of World AIDS Day in 2010 is Universal Access and Human Rights In Los Angeles County, the largest number of HIV and AIDS cases are in the Latino community. Hear in the City producer Luis Sierra Campos, brings us a unique story about two communities that have come together with one goal in mind: educating the Latino community on HIV and AIDS. Hear in the City: Radio Realities from the Urban Landscape A Monday magazine on KPFK, 90.7FM, airs at 2pm, in Los Angeles with Sara Harris. www.hearinthecity.org