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Joined Nov 13, 2008
What I Want to Do: Encourage Donations, Increase Awareness of AIDS, Encourage Registrations
Causes: AIDS Awareness &amp, Prevention, AIDS/HIV Advocacy
Activities: cycling - everywhere


 
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About AIDS/LifeCycle: 

AIDS/LifeCycle is a seven-day cycling event, which spans 545 miles from San Francisco to Los Angeles during the first week of June to raise critical funds for people living with HIV/AIDS. The event is co –produced by the San Francisco AIDS Foundation and the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center, who have a shared interet in ending the pandemic and human suffering caused by AIDS. Now in its eighth year, AIDS/LifeCycle has raised more than 50 million dollars to fund AIDS related services. For more information on how to participate or make a donation, please visit our website at: aidslifecycle.org 

Mission Statements:

AIDS/LifeCycle is co-produced by the San Francisco AIDS Foundation and the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center and is designed to advance their shared interests to end the pandemic and human suffering caused by AIDS.The goals of AIDS/LifeCycle are to:




Raise funds to support the HIV/AIDS services of the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center and the San Francisco AIDS Foundation;



Increase awareness and knowledge about the services and programs offered by the benefiting organizations;



Increase awareness and knowledge about HIV/AIDS among participants, their donors and the general public;



Increase AIDS activism and volunteerism among the participant and donor communities, inspiring them to become ambassadors in the fight against AIDS;



Provide a positive, life-affirming experience for people affected and infected by HIV;



Contribute to an increased understanding of the disproportionate impact HIV has had on the GLBT communities in SF and LA;



Encourage an environment of dignity and improved quality of life for those affected by HIV and AIDS.






 Beneficiaries: 

LA Gay & Lesbian Center:

As one of the largest HIV/AIDS service organizations in the world, the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center has been developing widely-acclaimed programs to prevent new HIV infections since the earliest days of the epidemic and provides free, rapid HIV tests to nearly 1,000 people each month.

For the many people with HIV/AIDS unable to afford medical care, the Center’s Jeffrey Goodman Clinic offers free, expert healthcare, medicine and counseling, as well as access to its clinical trials of promising new treatments.

Nationally, the Center is a leader and forceful advocate for sound policy regarding the rights and well-being of people living with HIV.

San Francisco AIDS Foundation:

The San Francisco AIDS Foundation provides leadership to prevent new HIV infections and promote health among those living with HIV.  Linking community experience with science, the AIDS Foundation develops ground-breaking prevention programs and bold policy initiatives to advance health outcomes to create sustainable progress against HIV. 

The Foundation advocates that all people living with HIV, not just those with means, have access to promising treatment and excellent health care.

Established in 1982 in the epicenter of the epidemic, the San Francisco AIDS Foundation refuses to accept that HIV transmission is inevitable. The Foundation’s international affiliate, the Pangaea Global AIDS Foundation, broadens access to HIV/AIDS antiretroviral treatment and care around the world with special emphasis on resource-limited settings. Pangaea provides assistance to in-country and international partners in the development of healthcare infrastructure for HIV treatment efforts.




Facts about AIDS:  

Global 
In 2007, 33 million people were living with HIV/AIDS globally.

AIDS is the leading cause of death in Sub-Saharan Africa and the fourth leading cause of death worldwide.  

In 2007, 2.1 million adults and children died from AIDS.  Young people, age 15-24, account for 45% of all new HIV infections.

Women represent half of all people living with HIV/AIDS.  

Globally, men who have sex with men (MSM) are 19 times more likely to be infected with HIV than the general population.  

United States 

There were an estimated 56,300 new HIV infections in the US in 2006. An estimated 21% (232 000) of people living with HIV are undiagnosed.  

African Americans accounted for 46.1% of the estimated number of persons living with HIV yet they made up 12% of the US population. 34.6% of the HIV-infected population were white and 17.5% were Hispanic.  

Nearly half (48.1%) of all HIV cases in the United States are attributable to men who have sex with men (MSM).

 Injecting drug use accounts for 18.5% of HIV-infections. IDU-associated infections (including HIV) have decreased by about 80% since the mid- to late-90s.  

California 

California has the second highest HIV/AIDS incidence rate in the United States after New York. An estimated 160,000 people were living with HIV in the state of California at the end of 2006, including all of those with and without AIDS and those who do not know they are infected. 

Over two-thirds of all of those in California living with HIV reside in Los Angeles County or the San Francisco Bay Area.  

0.7% of inmates in California prisons were known to be HIV positive in 2005.  

11.9% of all people living with HIV/AIDS in California are women.                                                                                            

San Francisco 

Of the 27,592 cumulative AIDS cases in San Francisco at the end of 2007, 95% were among males, 4% were among females and 1% among transgender persons.

Three-quarters of HIV/AIDS cases were among MSM, 15 % were among MSM who were also IDU and 8% were among IDU (excluding MSM). Non-Hispanic whites accounted for 54% of cumulative HIV/AIDS cases followed by African Americans (13%) and Latinos (12%).  

There were an estimated 965 new HIV infections in San Francisco in 2006.  In 2007, there were 467 newly diagnosed HIV cases in San Francisco (a new “diagnosis” does not necessarily mean a new infection) -- 89% among men, 8% among women and 3% among transgender persons. 78% of these cases were among individuals 25-49 years of age.  

88-93% of HIV-infected individuals in San Francisco are receiving anti-retroviral therapy (ART). ART use was slightly lower among females, transgender persons, African Americans and Latinos.   

Contact information: 
General Contact:
AIDS/LifeCycle
(866) Bike 4 AIDS
info@aidslifecycle.org 

San Francisco Office:
AIDS/LifeCycle
San Francisco AIDS Foundation
995 Market Street, Ste 200
San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 581-7077 

Los Angeles Office:
AIDS/LifeCycle
The Village at Ed Gould Plaza
1125 N. McCadden Place, Ste 202
Los Angeles, CA 90038
(323) 860-7380
 
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