An auction of celebrity memorabilia on the sidelines of the Dubai International Film Festival raised 1.8 million dollars for the fight against AIDS, the organisers announced on Saturday.
The funds collected for the benefit of the Foundation for AIDS Research, amfAR, included a gift of 500,000 dollars from employees of Emirates group Pearl Dubai, a sponsor of the festival.
AIDS
"AIDS is an epidemic disease, a potentially preventable, deadly infection for which there is no cure, no vaccine, and it is not under control." - National Commission on AIDS, 1993.
"AIDS is an epidemic disease, a potentially preventable, deadly infection for which there is no cure, no vaccine, and it is not under control." - National Commission on AIDS, 1993.
A rare portrait of Marilyn Monroe from 1962 with the signature of photographer Bert Stern, put into the auction by Goldie Hawn, was knocked down for 40,000 dollars.
The auction was staged on the second day of the festival, which began on Thursday with a screening of US director Oliver Stone's W, about President George W Bush.
AIDS/HIV - Prevention
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Encyclopedia section of medindia explains in brief about the prevention for AIDS/HIV
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