H&M’s Fashion Against AIDS Festival Collection

FabSugar.com gives readers an exclusive first look at H&M’s Fashion Against AIDS campaign. It’s built to mix and match and designed to take you from beginning to end of your concert stay, complete with sleeping bags, a tent, and cool headphones.

H&M is also debuting a dedicated hippie chic …

The District will become the first city in the United States to distribute female condoms free, part of a project that will make 500,000 of them available in beauty salons, convenience stores and high schools in parts of the city with high HIV rates. The project is funded through a $500,000 grant from the MAC AIDS Fund, a subsidiary of MAC Cosmetics. The distribution could begin within the next three weeks in parts of wards 1, 2, 3, 6 and 7. HIV/AIDS infection is the leading cause of death for black women 25-34 nationwide. A 2008 report showed the District’s HIV/AIDS rate at an alarming 3% (approximately 15,100 adults) which is considered a major epidemic.

Today is World’s Aids which was established in 1988 to raise awareness and funds for HIV/AIDS projects around the world. According to statistics, AIDS is the leading cause of death among African American woman ages 25-34. It’s a huge epidemic with almost 3 million new HIV cases reported last year and 2 million HIV related deaths worldwide. Here are the Basics of HIV. HIV is a virus that attacks the body’s immune system – the body’s defence against diseases. Are and HIV and AIDS the same? How is HIV passed on? Is there a cure for HIV? How can I protect myself and others from HIV infection? View some 2008 HIV stats and learn how to protect yourself

In response to the alarming news of the DC HIV/AIDS rate rising to 3% -HIV positive District residents, members of DC Fights Back , Campaign To End AIDS, along with local allies will conduct a press conference and protest in front of the John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue …