A calendar on HIV/AIDS was released by a leading physician in HIV medicine, Dr Kutikupalla Surya Rao, here on Tuesday on the occasion of World AIDS Day.
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“If we were all tested then we could really identify who is living with HIV and who isn’t and we could get people into care”, HIV Services Supervisor, Kelly Kibirige said.
New York City officials announced on World AIDS Day that they will put $23 million in new annual funding toward prevention and treatment to stop the disease.
This treatment has proven to be more than 90 percent effective in preventing new HIV infections, Gifford said. Since 2000, new HIV infections have dropped 35 percent and AIDS death rates have declined 42 percent since 2004.
The Georgia Department of Public Health also wants to make sure that everyone knows that testing is available year-round at every public health clinic and that care and medication is available for those who need it.
“So we’d say at that point, people should go and ask for a test if they think they may have been exposed to HIV – but obviously not everyone will recognise those symptoms as possibly being HIV. I think that’s the biggest challenge that we face”, she said.
‘On this day, let us pay tribute to those whom HIV/AIDS took from us too soon, and let us recognize those who continue to fight for a world free from AIDS, ‘ he states. “And the idea is to reduce the viral load of the individual down as low as possible and that will not only keep that person healthy, the person who was infected healthy, but it will also protect the HIV infected person’s partners”.
First Lady Margaret Kenyatta yesterday launched the Determined, Resilient, Empowered, Aids-Free, Mentored Safe women project to curb the spread of HIV.
Wanjiku thanked the Kenyan government for promoting such events, in which the focus is put on raising awareness about AIDS and preventing the spread of the virus. The advent of better drugs with fewer side effects has greatly improved the lives of those infected with the virus that causes AIDS.
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“Around 18,000 people in the United Kingdom are now living with HIV and do not yet know it”, says Sarah Radcliffe, senior policy and campaigns manager at National AIDS Trust (NAT).
