This podcast features Dr. Kevin Fenton, Director of CDC’s
National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB
Prevention, talking about the HIV epidemic in the African
American community and steps everyone can take to stop the
spread of HIV. Created: 1/28/2009 by National Center for
HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP).
Date Released: 1/28/2009. Series Name: CDC Featured Podcasts.
[Announcer] This podcast is presented by the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention. CDC - safer, healthier people. Hello.
I’m Dr. Kevin Fenton, Director of CDC’s National Center for
HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention. February 7 is
National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day – a day to focus on
stopping HIV in the black community—and building on the progress
we are making towards ending the HIV epidemic. The burden of HIV
in African American communities is staggering and we cannot
allow this crisis to continue. Today we have many more
opportunities than ever before to stop HIV. There is ho