HOST: ACROSS THE NATION, THE HIV/AIDS EPIDEMIC HAS HIT LATINOS DISPROPORTIONATELY HARD. VOICES OF HIV LOOKS AT HOW HIV AND AIDS ARE AFFECTING LATINOS IN WESTERN NEW ENGLAND. WE?LL HEAR ABOUT WHAT?S BEING DONE TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF HIV AND WHAT STILL NEEDS TO BE DONE. IN THE FIRST PART OF VOICES OF HIV, FRANCESCA RHEANNON REPORTS ON WHY MANY EFFORTS TO PREVENT THE VIRUS? SPREAD SEEM TO BE FAILING.

The HIV epidemic is one of the deadliest challenges facing Latino communities in western New England. The toll is heavy and ongoing. In Holyoke, more than three quarters of those living with the virus are Latino, while in Springfield and Hartford, this figure is more than half ? some twenty eight thousand people in all.,Jeff Scavron has been dealing with the epidemic since the beginning. He?s the director of Brightwood Community Health Center in Springfield?s predominantly Latino Nor...
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HOST: ACROSS THE NATION, THE HIV/AIDS EPIDEMIC HAS HIT LATINOS DISPROPORTIONATELY HARD. VOICES OF HIV LOOKS AT HOW HIV AND AIDS ARE AFFECTING LATINOS IN WESTERN NEW ENGLAND. WE?LL HEAR ABOUT WHAT?S BEING DONE TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF HIV AND WHAT STILL NEEDS TO BE DONE. IN THE FIRST PART OF VOICES OF HIV, FRANCESCA RHEANNON REPORTS ON WHY MANY EFFORTS TO PREVENT THE VIRUS? SPREAD SEEM TO BE FAILING.