Showing posts with label Human rights. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Human rights. Show all posts

Thursday, December 17, 2009

The World AIDS Day, Yes I am


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Did you know that this year's WAD was the 21st anniversary since it's first observance on the 1st of December 1988 following a conference of health ministers from around the world? The World AIDS Day commemoration is about raising money for the fight, increasing awareness, fighting prejudices and improving education.
This year, 'Universal access and Human rights' was the theme for WAD and the slogans like
I AM ACCEPTED
I AM WELL
I AM SAFE
I AM GETTING TREATMENT were used to underscore the importance of awareness of human rights.

But these affirmations do sound bleak when compared with the latest reports from UNAIDS:
There are now 33.4m people living with HIV around