Elton John AIDS Foundation Calls For More Education and Awareness on HIV

This would help achieve UNAIDS’s ambitious “90-90-90” aim of having 90 percent of people living with HIV know their serostatus by that time, as well as 90 percent of those individuals on treatment, and 90 percent of that group achieving an undetectable viral load. Maximizing these tools requires working together to confront and overcome the challenges that remain.

He then stressed the importance of a multi-sectoral approach to HIV/AIDS through active participation of all stakeholders including Civil Society Organisations, Private sector, Faith-based organisations, communities and people living with HIV and AIDS. Through the global response, 30 million new HIV infections and almost 8 million deaths have been averted since 2000. The volunteers with the organisation launched an information campaign to raise awareness throughout the entire country.BRC Youths encouraged citizens to take advantage of the services offered by mobile laboratories for anonymous and free consultations and tests for HIV/AIDS of the Initiative for Health Foundation.

“We are trying to make people aware that its very simple, and just give them the steps in order to keep from getting infected”, said HIV and AIDS Educator, Dan Rodriguez.

And they didn’t have to worry about privacy because of the new booths being used this year. He said anyone who thinks they might have been exposed to HIV should get tested.

Brazil has seen an overall decline in the number of people with HIV, but the number had risen sharply between 2012 and 2013, sparking concerns the virus was not being adequately tackled. He said that ART is also highly effective in preventing sexual, parental and vertical transmission of HIV.

Said Dr Khor: “These statistics show we still have much room for improvement”.

Local media reported that a number of official buildings would be lit up in red to mark World AIDS Day, including Congress.

Tuesday, December 1, is World AIDS Day, which has been observed every year since 1988. Today, there are 36.9 million people living with HIV/AIDS worldwide – 1.2 million of them are in the U.S. “The unfortunate thing for me is, we still have about 50,000 new cases each year in the united states.”, said Dr. Linda Van Etta, Infectious Disease Specialist at St. Luke’s Hospital in Duluth.

Medication is helping people live longer and keep their HIV in check, he said.