Accelerate expansion of antiretroviral therapy to people living with HIV

In the United States over 1.2 million people are living with HIV and over 650,000 have died.

It observed that some low – and middle-income countries have made remarkable progress towards universal access to HIV services: 12 countries have ensured that 60 per cent or more of all people living with HIV are aware of their infection and receiving antiretroviral therapy. Dimapur, Mokokchung, and Phek districts saw programs dedicated to the occasion.

World AIDS Day is recognized on that date, and the city of Austin joined in on that honor.

The Indian government said Tuesday that it will restore full funding for the country’s HIV-AIDS prevention and control program, months after the Narendra Modi-led administration slashed federal funding for the globally-lauded initiative.

Speaking about the significance of the day, T Temsü Jamir, president of advocacy group NMP+, spoke about the history of World Aids Day and how and why it was started.

And Minister of Health, Peter Kumpalume said Malawi does not exclude homosexuals when providing HIV and Aids treatment, saying people are given health care at point of need.

In his address, Additional Deputy Commissioner Rajesh S called for a sense of action and collective responsibility in combating HIV/AIDS. Let us treat the infected persons with dignity.

The official also explained that discrimination against those infected can be eradicated from the society through more awareness campaigns.

Getting more financing for AIDS will be a hard task.

“I think that’s one of the best things that has come out of this”, he said. Those figures were published by the Caribbean Public Health Agency. The social push that was achieved through Influential’s strategy increases the chances that those involved in fighting HIV and AIDS would be able to receive more awareness and support.

Mr Usamate said the prevention of HIV was important.

Whitney Tassie, curator of modern and contemporary art at the museum, said this is not the first year they’ve participated in the event; the museum often covers one work of art with a black cloth, but this is the first time there have been so many events. Part of it is earmarked to expand the availability of affordable housing for those living with HIV.

Albuquerque residents sporting red ribbons and clothing gathered at the Old Town Plaza Tuesday night for the second annual candlelight vigil in honor of World AIDS Day. Number of new HIV infections have shown a decline of 15-20% in the last five years.

The programmes director of JCI, Mohammed Yakubu, said the message JCI wants the send is simple: “People living with HIV are not harmful to us”.

Three days ago, December 1, was World Aids Day. The film shows them traveling to Malawi to talk to those affected by HIV/AIDS in order to put a face to the disease and provide the human reasons why we need to fight this devastating disease.

Yet even with effective treatment, HIV is now a risk factor for cardiovascular disease, cancer, kidney disease and bone diseases like osteoporosis.

What is the meaning of World AIDS Day? The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate that in the United States, there are now hundreds of thousands of people who don’t know that they are infected, and continue to spread the disease without starting treatment.