More than 1,000 events will be held across the nation this week to help millions of Hispanics who do not have health care coverage. The activities are planned as part of Cover the Uninsured Week, a nonpartisan, nationwide effort to urge U.S. leaders to make health coverage for Americans a top priority. Organizations representing Hispanics are actively involved in the effort.
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First National Women & Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day.
As the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) prepares to launch the first annual National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day on March 10th throughout the United States, Community Education Group (CEG), a DC-based agency, prepares to launch two new initiatives: “Dusk to Dawn,” a community event in collaboration with other local agencies and “One of Five” a campaign to get women and girls discussing HIV and other health issues within their social and familial networks. The primary purpose of Dusk to Dawn is to raise awareness and inspire women and girls to start talking openly about HIV/AIDS and get tested for HIV on March 10, 2006.
Latinos less likely than other groups to seek emergency food assistance.
According to Hunger in America 2006, the largest, most-comprehensive study ever conducted on domestic hunger, more than 25 million Americans—including nearly 5 million Latinos, nearly 10 million Caucasians and nearly 10 million African Americans—receive emergency food assistance from America’s Second Harvest—The Nation’s Food Bank Network each year.
