nice work there hussein

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At least 3 percent of District residents have HIV or AIDS, a total
that far
surpasses the 1 percent threshold that constitutes a "generalized and
severe" epidemic, according to a report scheduled to be released by
health officials tomorrow.

That translates into 2,984 residents per every 100,000 over the age
of
12 -- or 15,120 -- according to the 2008 epidemiology report by the
District's HIV/AIDS office.

"Our rates are higher than West Africa," said Shannon L. Hader,
director
of the District's HIV/AIDS Administration, who once led the Federal
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's work in Zimbabwe.
"They're
on par with Uganda and some parts of Kenya."