To mark this year’s World AIDS Day (Dec. 1, 2015), HIV Alliance and Lane County Public Health Department are urging the community to remain vigilant in its conviction and dedication to end HIV/AIDS. With a growing world and the persistence of AIDS, the rate of infection has the potential to increase after years of reductions. Together, the 7 primary influencers that are participating have amassed over 80 million followers that will hear about this new social campaign and about how they can help stop the spread of HIV and AIDS.
Advertisement
With 80 percent of the state’s HIV/AIDS patients living in the five boroughs, the Mayor’s Office said the city’s plan draws upon the recommendations of the state’s Ending the Epidemic Task Force report adopted earlier this year. Women with HIV have the same health concerns as men with HIV, but they often face additional hurdles in managing their disease and other chronic health conditions due to family responsibilities, trauma and violence, poverty, gynecological issues and childbearing. HIV virus requires all hands on deck to eradicate its spread. Whether they’re in primary care practices, urgent care clinics or emergency rooms, doctors who know that a patient may have been exposed to HIV can prescribe a pill that’s been shown to cut the risk of getting HIV by up to 92 percent.
John said that so much work is still pending which is to be done. “The message was being called out; unless we get on top of prevention, unless we focus on these new infections, we will constantly have to put more and more people on treatment”.
“We have invested massively in life saving antiretroviral drugs (ARVS), making our HIV treatment program the biggest in the world”, Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa said in a ceremony marking World AIDS Day, held in the southeastern province of KwaZulu-Natal.
This is the very extent of HIV and AIDS now.
Taking new WHO HIV Guidelines 2015 and latest (strong) scientific evidence into account, antiretroviral therapy (ART) must be provided to every PLHIV – this will not only help keep all PLHIV healthy and enable them to live normal lifespans, but also drastically reduce chances of any further HIV transmission. Health education on limiting risk factors such as high-risk sexual behaviors and intravenous drug use is the first line of defense against HIV infection. Providing affordable substance abuse and mental health treatment would be good next steps toward HIV prevention. People who are couch surfing.
AIDS activists sing and chant during a rally across from the White House in Washington, DC, July 24 2012, while the International AIDS 2012 conference was under way nearby.
Later, the Chief Minister formally launched the Adolescence Education Programme (AEP) in the state which is scheduled to start from the next academic session in the schools of the state. They say the end of AIDS by 2030 is possible, but urgency is needed. There has also been a notable decrease in new HIV infections.
Advertisement
There’s a disparity between men and women as well. There have been substantial efforts by the Government, Development Partners (DPs), Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and Faith-Based Organisations (FBOs), private sector, and members of the communities in response to HIV and AIDS.
