HIV in the DEEP SOUTH

The HIV crisis in the Deep South is worsening and there are few accessible HIV services in rural Louisiana. 

The state of HIV and access to care in Louisiana

• ​Louisiana has the third highest rate of HIV in the United States.​

• In 2016, the South accounted for nearly half (47%) of the 15,807 people diagnosed with HIV in the U.S. who later died. ​

• African Americans are disproportionately impacted by the disease. As of 2017, they accounted for 53% of new HIV diagnoses in the South. ​

• Southern states today account for an estimated 51% of new HIV cases annually, even though just 38% of the U.S. population lives in the region.​

• The South has the greatest burden of HIV deaths of any region in the U.S., and lags behind in providing quality HIV prevention services and care.​​

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deepsou+h: the documentary

deepsou+h is a documentary about the rural American South and the people who inhabit its most quiet corners. Beneath layers of history, poverty--and now soaring HIV infections--four Americans redefine traditional Southern values to create their own solutions to survive.

HEROES's own Monica Johnson and Tamela King try tirelessly to unite reluctant participants at their annual HIV retreat in rural Louisiana. 

Please e-mail [email protected] if you are interested in a screening, or if you are a college/university library and would like to acquire deepsouth.

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