Tuesday is World AIDS Day, which brings awareness to the 36.9 million people living with HIV/AIDS worldwide. Popular protest site in capital New Delhi, Jantar Mantar, was teeming with people dressed up as skeletons, holding banners and shouting slogans.
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According to a new report released last week by the CDC, more than one million United States adults who are at substantial risk for HIV could potentially benefit from PrEP, but nationwide, only one in three primary care doctors and nurses is aware of this preventive measure.
Edmiston says that men who have sex with men, injection drug users, the homeless and aboriginal Canadians are disproportionately affected by HIV/AIDS. “With effective treatment, persons living with HIV can delay the onset of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and continue to lead an active and productive life”, the ministry said. Globally there are an estimated 34 million people who have the virus.
“This year, at the 8 International Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention in Vancouver, numerous specialists prepared and signed the Vancouver Consensus”.
“I just hope that people, especially on world AIDS day, everybody goes out and gets tested, finds out their status, and then after that does what they’re supposed to do”, Smith said.
Governor Cuomo says he wants to eradicate the virus state-wide by 2020, and Dewhurst says he thinks it’s possible – on one condition. The Government of Pakistan is providing free of cost treatment to 7000 HIV patients in 21 treatment centres across the country. And there has been a steady increase year after year in the number of AIDS-related deaths.
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Several other local organizations also showing their support: including Savannah State University-a campus where peer educator Torrey Butler says they work to provide education about HIV and AIDS every day.
