HIV in the over-50s

November 11, 2010

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AIDS over 50

Aired on The Health Show. A shorter version of the piece also aired on Voice of America.

Courtesy of Andy Chen Design

Thanks to effective drugs, many people who contracted HIV when they were younger are living into their fifties and beyond - something they never imagined when they were first diagnosed. The Centers for Disease Control predicts that by 2015, half of Americans with HIV/AIDS will be 50 and older. But in addition to these longtime patients, the number of people contracting the disease in their fifties is rising. The majority of this population gets the virus through heterosexual sex. This story looks at the challenges of getting a prevention message across to a group that never thought it needed to worry about the consequences of unprotected sex.

Comments

[Ali]

didnt see anywhere u say ur prnegat but every pregnant woman has to be tested for HIV en its common in al hospitals,en another thing if you had unprotected sex with an active men ur are probablly HIV positive,, you can tell anyway by just looking at a person or all the things ur saying but the only simple thing to proof all this wrong is have a HIV test,thisis the only way u will be happy en move one happly without stress but without knowing u will always be sesitive even when u have a cold.So get the test en if you are Positive you can still live longer as ther are medicines not to cure but let u stay longer.All the best