Doctors believe that the only way to stop the spread of disease is to take precaution. “For instance, they were 213 a year ago”. “He was fine with the fact that he would live a normal life span, and his health would be fine”. She said that while the medicine is a breakthrough, prevention always hinges on the actions of the individual.
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THE World Health Organisation says expanding antiretroviral therapy to all people living with HIV is key to ending the AIDS epidemic within a generation.
In 2014, it is estimated that over 9,700 youngsters died of Aids in Kenya while 13,000 new cases were observed among children under 14. “The new recommendation to expand ART to all people living with HIV is a call to further step up the pace”, said Dr Winnie Mpanju-Shumbusho, Assistant Director General at WHO.
Julian is very open about his diagnosis, hoping it helps to erase the stigma that surrounds HIV and AIDS.
“If we don’t talk about and we don’t bring it back to the forefront, we’re going to have a generation of young people that are going to be contracting the disease”, he said.
“There are so many different messages that can come out of a day like today, but the most important thing is to just to love everybody”. Health officials say everyone is at risk and the earlier you find out, the better.
News 3’s Courtney Cole spent the day at Forsyth Park where the Georgia Department of Public Health provided free tests.
Summary: Mammad Koya inaugurated the district-level inauguration of the World AIDS Day observation here on Tuesday. This disease no longer needs to be a death sentence. But people are still getting infected.
“Some people taking ARVs are experiencing side effects, which therefore impacts negatively on adherence to treatment”, he said. “In New York, over half of people with HIV are now over the age of 50, and so we need to make sure that people know we’re still fighting this illness”.
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According to the United Nations Aids Organization that’s the startling number of people infected with HIV right now-and they don’t even know it.
