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World AIDS Day 2009

by Sreeraman on November 30, 2009 at 3:04 PM General Health News

World AIDS Day observed on December 1st, 2009, is a time to step up awareness, increase funds, battle prejudice, improve education, and kick start prevention strategies especially in countries with high incidence of HIV-AIDS. It is a reminder that the scourge is still present amongst us and needs to be vanquished.

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The key objective of World AIDS Day 2009 campaign is to provide universal access and basic rights to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support embodied in its theme - ‘'Universal Access and Human Rights”. The Red Ribbon has been a powerful symbol associated with the fight against the epidemic, which has helped increase public awareness of HIV/AIDS worldwide.

According to the 2009 AIDS Epidemic Update, the numbers of new HIV infections have shown a remarkable decline which is a pat on the back for the HIV prevention programmes. Indeed, anti-retroviral therapy has benefited in preventing new infections, especially among children. This has been possible only due to improved access to treatment among HIV-positive mothers, which has helped prevent transmission of the virus from mother to child.

Michel Sidibe, Executive Director of UNAIDS said in a UNAIDS press release, "The good news is that we have evidence that the declines we are seeing are due, at least in part, to HIV prevention. However, the findings also show that prevention programming is often off the mark and that if we do a better job of getting resources and programmes to where they will make most impact, quicker progress can be made and more lives saved."

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