The Startling Affluent Face of Atlanta’s HIV/AIDS Community

Aug. 25, 2010 - PRLog -- Atlanta HIV/AIDS Community Supports Medical Fiction Author  Book Tour  

August 22, 2010, Atlanta, GA— The HIV/AIDS medical community met at Michon’s Restaurant in College Park, Georgia to support author, Chizelle’ T. Archie. Not just because this week’s marks the launch of her national book tour, but also because the Atlanta registered nurse has written a book that introduces a new human face to HIV/AIDS survivors…middle class, married women.

Stats:


 - Every 35 minutes, a woman tests positive for HIV in the United States.

-  80% of new HIV/AIDS cases among women are contracted through heterosexual contract.

 - According to “Killer Sex,” an article in the April 2009 issue of More Magazine eight in 10 newly infected women were exposed to the virus the old-fashioned way: by having unprotected sex with their husbands, boyfriends, or casual flings.


Archie knows these stats well, because she is a registered nurse, who has met these women face to face and have witnessed their disappointments, fears, and secret shame. Because of her experiences,she has become an HIV/AIDS advocate.

“No other disease has the power to strip women of their dignity, their sexuality, and their self-worth like HIV,” states Dr. Melissa Osborn, HIV physician at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia. “Rarely do the media portray an HIV positive woman who is a teacher, a lawyer, a flight attendant, for an accountant. But HIV doesn’t discriminate, and success doesn’t protect against infection. I have met HIV-positive patients in all of these positions.”

Archie’s novel The Fearfully and Wonderfully Made Diamond(AuthorHouse, August 2010) is the story of an investment advisor who learns that she has contracted HIV from her unfaithful husband the same day she learns that she is pregnant with their child.

For more info visit http://www.chizellearchie.com.


 About Chizelle’ Archie

Chizellé T. Archie is  an author, registered school nurse, mother and wife for thirteen years to her husband John Archie. She works for a private school and lives in Atlanta, GA with her family.

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