This World AIDS Day, Convince A Friend to Get Tested With You

Fr Vitillo explained how there are 25 countries where the greatest number of new infections are occurring; the United Nations has therefore tried to be more strategic in their provision of resources, whether that be directly or through intermediaries.

The report says that half of the world’s HIV-positive teens between the ages of 15 and 19 live in South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Mozambique, Tanzania and India.

Earlier this year, Cuba became the first country to have eliminated mother-to-child transmission of HIV.

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Okioma said stigma remains an impediment in the fight against the scourge that must be tackled.

And despite the Affordable Care Act, health officials say many of their clients still can’t afford the HIV medications they need if they do test positive for the disease.

It’s also a day for people to show their support for those living with HIV and to remember people who have died.

The major aim of AIDS day is to spread the awareness of HIV and to promote safe sex practices. Over 35 million people have died of HIV or AIDS, and so, the disease has turned as the most unsafe one.

The Asia Pacific Coalition on Male Sexual Health (Apcom), which launched a drive in Bangkok a year ago to encourage young gay men to get tested, announced last week that it had received a US$1.19 million grant from the UK-based Elton John AIDS Foundation to expand the campaign to cities in Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam.

For more information about STD/HIV testing services, call the Guam AIDS Hotline at 734-AIDS (2437) or Vince Aguon at 735-7166.

Now, in the third decade of the HIV/AIDS pandemic, an important lesson we have learned is that prevention is a long-term game.

One way to show support for World AIDs Day is to sport a red ribbon.

The antiretroviral therapy has ensured a longer and healthier life for people with HIV infections, The life-changing benefits these drugs provide has led to the global number of people living with HIV to increase to 36.9m, as estimated by UNAIDS at the end of 2014.

Mr Segun Olulade, the Chairman of Lagos State House of Assembly Committee on Health, said that no fewer than 470, 435 residents had been affected by the HIV virus in Lagos state.

Mukinere also works for the Business Coalition Against HIV and Aids.