The NAC Chairman said though Liberia is now experiencing a slow pace of increase in HIV infection (1.5 in 2008 to 1.9 in 2013), a situation, he described, is far better thanthe 80s and 90s when the infection rate was increasingly high, a more vigorous step to mitigate the spread of HIV and stop all forms of new infections is imperative and unconditional. Heterosexual transmission accounted for 38 per cent of these cases while 50 per cent were from homosexual transmission, and 10 per cent were from bisexual transmission.
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It is estimated that 39,214 people are suffering from HIV in which 25,449 are men and 13,800 women, according to data provided by National AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Disease Centre.
In honour of World AIDS day, many Bollywood movies, which did their bit to raise awareness about Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). As Canada’s most important HIV/AIDS awareness and fundraising event, the Scotiabank AIDS Walk for Life has now raised over $40 million for community-based HIV/AIDS service organizations since 1996 and has attracted well over half a million participants. This is called “treatment as prevention”, and it is the leading way we will ensure there are no new HIV infections by 2030.
Kenyan sex workers living with HIV/AIDS face persistent human rights violations, especially when it comes to accessing healthcare says a Global Network of People living with HIV/AIDS (GNP+) report.
They also conducted HIV/AIDS awareness marches from the project sites to respective labour colonies and the neighbourhood. AIDS is the most unsafe days. “As you know in the centres, there is a specific room for positive people where we take our ARVs from”.
Every year, December 1st is designated as World AIDS Day. Prompt medical care prevents the onset of AIDS and some life-threatening AIDS-related conditions. This is lower than 49 per cent a year ago. Clearly, our responses to HIV must address the needs of adolescent girls.
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Once Upon a time AIDS was equated with death, no hope-a dead end.
