PacifiCare Partners With NCLR/CSULB Center for Latino Community Health and the Latino Coalition Against AIDS to Educate Latinas
November 30 2005 - 5:19PM
PR Newswire (US)
* Latinas and HIV/AIDS Summit at University Student Ballroom at
California State University, Long Beach LONG BEACH, Calif., Nov. 30
/PRNewswire/ -- The California State University Long Beach chapter
of National Council of La Raza is presenting the Latinas and
HIV/AIDS Summit Thursday, Dec. 1, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the
University Student Ballroom at California State University, Long
Beach. The event is free to the public, with prior reservation, and
will feature a distinguished panel of guests and speakers as well
as community leaders, research experts and policy advisers,
including Lupe Ontiveros, star of "Desperate Housewives," U.S. Rep.
Hilda Solis and National Council of La Raza President and Chief
Executive Officer Janet Murguia. Dr. Maria Rangel of the Centers
for Disease Control and Dr. Monica Alonso of the Pan American
Health Organization are also attending. Sponsored by Cypress,
Calif.-based PacifiCare Health Systems Inc. (NYSE:PHS), the Latinas
and HIV/AIDS Summit enables attendees to learn more about the many
factors affecting the risk of infection among Latinas from some of
the country's leading HIV/AIDS researchers and experts. "As one of
the nation's largest consumer health organizations, PacifiCare
strives each day to exemplify our motto, 'Caring is good. Doing
something is better,'" said Russell Bennett, PacifiCare's vice
president of Latino Health Solutions. "That includes supporting
those living with HIV and AIDS and working in the areas of
education and prevention to curb the spread of the disease. By
sponsoring the Latinas and HIV/AIDS Summit, we can further
demonstrate our dedication to improving the health and quality of
life of our members." In June, the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) announced at its 2005 National HIV Prevention
Conference that about 1.1 million people living in the United
States are HIV-positive -- the highest number ever recorded in the
country. In addition, an estimated 25 percent of HIV-positive
individuals are unaware of their status. "The statistics reported
by the CDC on HIV infection are simply staggering, and we felt that
we must take action to reach out to our communities and support
awareness and education to help prevent the spread of this
disease," added Bennett. "We cannot ignore the fact that Latinos
are among the hardest hit by HIV and AIDS. Next year marks the 25th
year of the AIDS epidemic in the United States. Rather than
celebrating the disease's demise, we will most likely be witnessing
the highest number of people nationwide ever afflicted in its
history." Earlier this year, in an effort to help stop the
nationwide spread of HIV and AIDS among African Americans,
PacifiCare donated $19,000 to help support HIV education and
National HIV Testing Day, June 27. Of that, $9,000 went to 18
churches statewide to help offset the cost of providing prevention
education and free HIV testing to their local communities. Also, in
August the PacifiCare Foundation, PacifiCare's philanthropic arm,
sponsored the Video Industry AIDS Action Committee's (VIAAC) third
annual fund raiser benefiting the UCLA AIDS Institute, "The
Sideways Wine Tour." The event included a silent auction,
complimentary wine-tasting reception and presentation to guests
highlighting the latest breakthroughs and developments in HIV and
AIDS treatments. VIAAC and the UCLA AIDS Institute are part of a
long list of AIDS organizations that PacifiCare supports, which
includes the AIDS Service Center in Pasadena and the Heart Touch
project in Santa Monica. About PacifiCare PacifiCare Health Systems
is one of the nation's largest consumer health organizations with
nearly 3.3 million health plan members and approximately 11.3
million specialty plan members nationwide. PacifiCare offers
individuals, employers and Medicare beneficiaries a variety of
consumer-driven health care and life insurance products. Specialty
plan operations include behavioral health, dental and vision, and
complete pharmacy benefit management through its wholly owned
subsidiary, Prescription Solutions. More information on PacifiCare
Health Systems is available at http://www.pacificare.com/. "Caring
is good. Doing something is better." is a service mark of
PacifiCare Health Systems Inc. DATASOURCE: PacifiCare Health
Systems CONTACT: Dan Miller of PHS Media Relations,
+1-714-226-3726, Web site: http://www.pacificare.com/
Copyright
Pacificare Health (NYSE:PHS)
Historical Stock Chart
From Aug 2024 to Sep 2024
Pacificare Health (NYSE:PHS)
Historical Stock Chart
From Sep 2023 to Sep 2024