“We still haven’t found a reliable cure or vaccine against HIV infection and the data make it clear we need to do more”. Maximizing these tools requires working together to confront and overcome the challenges that remain.
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“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”.
Nigeria marked the 2015 World AIDS Day with the theme “Getting To Zero: Ending HIV/AIDS by 2030”.
The estimated number of adolescents dying of AIDS in the Asia Pacific region has more than doubled since 2005, experts said, warning of a “hidden epidemic”.
“Almost three decades after the first World AIDS Day was held, we are now at a point where we can envision a future free of this bad disease”.
AIDS has been in the news recently after actor Charlie Sheen announced that he has been living with HIV for the last four years. PHAC attributed 270 new HIV infections in to injection drug use in 2014 – lower than the 384estimated for 2011.
And he says early detection and proper treatment can help people with the virus live normal lives.
In fact, in southern IL, 86 percent of new cases are in people between the ages of 15-24 years old.
HIV is spread through sexual contact, sharing needles, blood transfusions or an infected mother.
Fortunately, in more than two decades since World Aids Day began-HIV is no longer a death sentence, but more of a chronic illness that can be treated if it’s caught soon enough.
To find out where you can get tested, Clark said to contact your local health department.
“The gateway to HIV-related care is HIV testing”, Chan said in an email. People who test positive for HIV are now immediately put on treatment, something that didn’t happen in the past.
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At the same time, The National Aids Council says the country has gained the necessary political momentum to adequately prevent new Aids infections.
