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Press Release
League of United
Latin American Citizens Launches New Website to Promote the
Reauthorization and Modernization of the Ryan White CARE Act
February 23, 2006
Contact: Stacey Schacht. 202-295-5056
Gabriela Lemus 202-833-6130
Washington – The
League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC)
today launched a website dedicated to
highlighting the importance of modernizing and
reauthorizing the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS
Resources Emergency (CARE) Act:
http://www.lulac.org.
The site
provides important information on the state of
HIV/AIDS in America today and on what can be
done to make this important law more beneficial
to the people that need treatment.
“The Ryan White CARE Act is a critically
important program for alleviating the
disparities for HIV positive Hispanics living
and working in the U.S.,” said Dr. Gabriela D.
Lemus, LULAC Director of Policy and
Legislation. “Our new website provides vital
information on the importance of improving the
Ryan White program so that all Hispanics,
whether they are living near the border region
or working as migrant farmers can gain access to
life sustaining treatment and healthcare.”
Hispanics now make up one-fifth of all people
living with HIV/AIDS in America, and that number
is rising. HIV/AIDS increasingly affects those
Hispanics living and working along the U.S. –
Mexico border and in non-urban areas of the
heartland where migrant workers are more likely
to have little or no health insurance, and
inadequate health care options available to
them.
Features of the website include the following:
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State-specific information on the
distribution of new AIDS cases by race and
ethnicity in America
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Upcoming
events
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Photos of
LULAC’s campaign efforts nationwide
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Links to
sign LULAC’s petition to Congress demanding
equal access to medicines for all HIV/AIDS
patients
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Interactive
letterdesk allowing visitors to write to
members of Congress
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Recent press
releases and other news
To
view the new website, please visit
http://www.lulac.org
About LULAC
The League of
United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) is the
oldest and largest Latino civil rights
organization in the United States. LULAC
advances the economic condition, educational
attainment, political influence, health, and
civil rights of Hispanic Americans through
community-based programs operating at more than
600 LULAC councils nationwide.
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