Education, awareness and testing locally on World AIDS Day

“All-India Leadership Summit” was organised on the eve of World AIDS Day here.

“The National Institute for Clinical Excellence estimates that if testing guidance was implemented fully, 3,500 cases of onward transmission could be prevented within five years, saving the NHS £18 million per year in treatment costs”.

Triad Health Project will offer free HIV testing at an AIDS-awareness walk on Sunday at UNC-Greensboro. Half of the patients diagnosed with HIV in Grady Memorial Hospital’s emergency room testing program are found to be late or end stage HIV or AIDS cases.

World Aids Day is a great chance to talk about the virus and become more educated on it.

This picture taken on November 30, 2015 shows volunteers taking part in an event to mark World Aids Day in Chongqing.

“In sub-Saharan Africa, the region with the highest prevalence, girls are vastly more affected, accounting for seven in 10 new infections among 15-19 year olds”, the statement said.

Many adolescents who die of AIDS-related illnesses were infected with HIV as infants, at a time when fewer pregnant women and mothers carrying the virus received antiretroviral medications to prevent transmission, the study said.

Because of the lack of knowledge and ignorance people often mistreat those living with HIV and Aids.

In her submission, representative of the Population Council Abuja, Dr. Sylvia Adebajo noted that only 500,000 people are now on treatment, while the 2.9 million largely men, serve as reservoir for the spread of HIV.

“An early diagnosis means early access to treatment and the best prognosis”.

Today, medical advances have been made in HIV treatment, there are laws to ensure people’s living with HIV and we see quite a lot more about the condition.

An estimated 34 million people in the world have HIV.

For more information on STI testing, HIV and AIDS, you can visit Planned Parenthood’s website or use its text/chat service.

Shaun Griffin, executive director of External Affairs said: “Terrence Higgins Trust will continue to challenge HIV stigma through positive action, support, and education”.