HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Washington, D.C.

One in 20 of the district's 500,000 residents is HIV-positive and one in 50 is living with AIDS. Funding for AIDS programs has increased but has not kept pace with the rise of the disease in Washington. Listen as Michele Norris reports about the factors contributing to this situation and what The Women's Collective members and senior deputy director of the HIV/AIDS Administration, Dr. Marsha Martin, are trying to do to help stem the epidemic. (Source: "All Things Considered," NPR)