Scientists have developed antiretroviral drugs to contain the spreading of the virus and according to the World Health Organization; people infected should seek medical help and advice at the earliest to minimize the risk of spreading the virus.
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“Hundreds of thousands of people with diagnosed HIV infection are not receiving care or antiretroviral treatment”, they wrote.
“We need to spread the word about prevention, encouraging all sexually-active South Africans to use condoms”, Ramaphosa said.
In West Hollywood there were a number of events to celebrate World AIDS Day, the effort to reduce that number and remember the people who lost their lives to the disease.
“People still living with HIV are still fighting the fight, but eventually we’ll have a world where we don’t need to fight the fight. Globally, in June 2015, close to 16 million people out of a total of 37 million people living with HIV were taking ART”, it stated.
Only a third of the 2.6 million children infected with HIV are on treatment. Agency officials state that while we have reduced new infections, future HIV prevention requires constant attention in order to “Get to Zero”.
Starting Monday, Dec. 7 Eastern Idaho Public Health will offer free HIV testing.
There are prominent figures today who live with HIV today and appear to have it under control, like former basketball great Magic Johnson.
He also said the world has committed to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030.
The Asia Pacific region has made enormous strides against HIV/AIDS in the adult population, with a 31& drop in new HIV infections between 2000 and 2014, and 28% decline in AIDS-related deaths between 2005 and 2014.
This year, World AIDS Day celebration will be held in the Northern Division during which a HIV Testing & Counselling Policy will be launched.
Furthermore, he said that discrimination and stigma that exist in our healthcare system and society prevent people who are aware of their HIV-status from seeking treatment.
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The GenCED Executive Director therefore called for attitudinal change in spite of the seemingly improvement in national statistics about the prevalence rate stressing that “outdated stereotypes, and myths about HIV and AIDS must be eliminated”.
