Thursday, December 1, 2011

TODAY IS WORLD AIDS DAY

World AIDS Day 2011 is about "Getting to Zero".

Zero New HIV Infections. Zero Discrimination and Zero AIDS-Related Deaths.

The global HIV response is at a pivotal moment, where huge strides forward are at serious risk and current approaches are reaching their limits. Only one third of the 15 million people living with HIV and in need of life-long treatment are receiving it. New infections continue to outpace the number of people starting treatment, while the upward trend in resources suffered a serious downturn this year.

"Zero New HIV Infections" and "Zero Discrimination" are equally as likely to spark high impact events from small scale community vigils to nation wide events using the universally recognized shape of zeros and the power of light to get life and death issues the attention they deserve.

Check out UNAIDS.org to read more about World AIDS Day, and about ongoing AIDS relief efforts around the world.

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