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Atlanta is now the HIV capital of the world –



 The HIV infection rate in Georgia’s top city has officially surpassed that of Sub-Saharan Africa. According to the latest numbers from the CDC – you are more likely to get infected with HIV in Atlanta, than in Africa.


Dr. Carlos del Rio, co-director of Emory University’s Center for AIDS Research claims that “Downtown Atlanta is as bad as Zimbabwe.” 

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According to Dr. Del Rio, the disease has shifted from one that affected many gay men and drug users, to a something that affects everyone, but African-Americans with limited health care in particular.
According to the CDC if you live in the southeast part of the country, you are more likely to be diagnosed with HIV than any other part of the United States


In Georgia, 2% of the people have HIV. And in Atlanta, the number is 8% and growing.

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