Editing Wilmington, Delaware (section)

===Health care===
[[File:NCHDE 2.jpg|thumb|[[Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware]]]]

[[Christiana Care Health System]], a health network headquartered in Wilmington, runs [[Wilmington Hospital]] on the edge of downtown Wilmington and [[Christiana Hospital]] in suburban Christiana, as well as various satellite health centers throughout the area. St. Francis Hospital, a member of [[Trinity Health (Livonia, Michigan)|Trinity Health]], is located in the west end of Wilmington. The [[Nemours Foundation]] runs [[Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware]] in North Wilmington, just outside the city proper.

The city has one of the highest per capita rates of HIV infection in the United States, with disproportionate rates of infection among African-American males.<ref>{{cite web |access-date=October 30, 2009 |archive-date=March 26, 2009 |title=2006–2008 Statewide Coordinated Statement of Need & Comprehensive Treatment Plan |publisher=State of Delaware |url=http://www.delawarehiv.org/docs/2006-2008_SCSN_CHTP.pdf
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090326142811/http://www.delawarehiv.org/docs/2006-2008_SCSN_CHTP.pdf }}</ref><ref>{{Citation |author=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |author-link=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |date=June 2007 |access-date=October 30, 2009 |title=Cases of HIV infection and AIDS in the United States and Dependent Areas, 2005 |periodical=HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report |volume=17 |archive-date=September 27, 2009|place=Atlanta, Georgia |publisher=[[United States Department of Health and Human Services]] |url=https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/surveillance/resources/reports/2005report/pdf/2005SurveillanceReport.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090927133853/http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/surveillance/resources/reports/2005report/pdf/2005SurveillanceReport.pdf }}</ref> Efforts by local advocates to create [[needle exchange]] programs to reduce the spread of infection were obstructed for several years by downstate and suburban state legislators but a program was finally approved in June 2006.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thebody.com/content/art23570.html  |title=Delaware: Legislature Finally OKs Needle Exchange Program  |date=June 30, 2006 |work=CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update  |publisher=The HealthCentral Network  |location=New York City  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606113939/http://www.thebody.com/content/art23570.html  |archive-date=June 6, 2011 |access-date=October 30, 2009 |quote=Adapted from:News Journal 06.30.2006; Cris Barrish |url-status=live   }}</ref>