People mark World Aids Day in Knoxville

“We want testing to start to be normalized for people to be aware that they should be seeking the testing and we need it so that it’s accessible”, she said. “It’s sort of the silent epidemic”, Corey said last month. Public figures like him are beginning to reduce the stigma against people who have the disease, which was referred to as the “gay plague” back when it was discovered but now affects many people beyond the gay community. City Councilman Corey Johnson (D-Manhattan), who is HIV positive, at the event said the city’s new funding aligns with Cuomo’s blueprint to fight the virus. Sen. “People who are victims of domestic violence”, Crinnen said.

“Transmission of HIV from mother to child has decreased by 58%”. Grace works as a program coordinator for Diverse and Resilient – the largest LGBT agency in the Wisconsin.

Speaking at a press briefing held in Abuja to mark the 2015 World AIDS Day, the minister revealed that Nigeria is now treating about 800,000 people living with the virus with antiretroviral drugs. That would mean bringing new cases down to less than 750 a year.

“We have to close the tap of new infections”.

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Estimates nearly 19-thousand people in Michigan are living with HIV. The NYT reports that there may even be a pill available next year that would cost patients less than $100 annually.

Still, Dougherty says there are real reasons to be hopeful.

There’s a lot of misinformation about what HIV is and how it’s spread.

And the CDC says about 1 in 200 sexually active heterosexual adults should be getting PrEP to protect them if their partner is HIV-positive, or if they have multiple partners or partners at high risk of infection.

In his message on the day, Ban said the window of opportunity to end AIDS is closing; therefore he called for a fast-track approach to front-load investments and close the gap between needs and services.

So across the state and country, activists continue sharing accurate information about HIV/AIDS and its prevention.