Living with HIV/AIDS is more difficult than ever in post-Katrina New Orleans.

Post-Katrina care drastically limited

Wednesday, July 12, 2006
By Jeff Duncan

Access to medicine, clinics and doctors -- which can be a daily requirement for some HIV/AIDS patients -- has been drastically limited in the wake of the storm.

With resources critically low, local and state health officials are struggling to care for the thousands of HIV-positive residents who have returned to the city while simultaneously trying to locate thousands of others who remain missing amid the storm's diaspora.

"Katrina took its toll on us, and our infrastructure was seriously damaged," said Beth Scalco, director of the Louisiana Office of Public Health HIV/AIDS Program. "While we're on the road to recovery, we still have a long way to go." (continued...)