World AIDS Day

11/22/2011

Celebrated on December 1 each year, World AIDS Day, has a goal: Getting to Zero - Zero New HIV Infections; Zero Discrimination; and Zero AIDS Related Deaths. The global AIDS campaign will spotlight a range of Getting to Zero initiatives to help see an end to AIDS related deaths. This campaign is a key opportunity to raise awareness, honor those who have passed on, and celebrate victories such as increased access to treatment and prevention services. 

Pam Jackson, Health Educator at Pace says, “Only one- third of the 15 million people living with HIV in the world in need of life-long treatment are receiving it. New infections continue to outpace the number of people starting treatment.”  These statistics show the importance of education and advocacy.

 Ten goals for this campaign include:

1. Reducing sexual transmission of HIV by half;
2. Eliminating the vertical transmission of HIV and reduce AIDS-related maternal deaths by half;
3. Preventing all new HIV infections among people who use drugs.
4. Universal access to antiretroviral therapy for people living with HIV who are eligible for treatment;
5. Reducing TB deaths among people living with HIV by half;
6. Access to essential care and support for all people living with HIV;
7. Reducing by half those countries with punitive laws and practices around HIV transmission, sex work, drug use or homosexuality that block effective responses;
8. Eliminating HIV-related restrictions on entry, stay and residence in half of the countries that have such restrictions;
9. Addressing HIV-specific needs of women and girls in at least half of all national HIV responses;
10. Zero tolerance for gender-based violence.

Health Connection of Pace Community Action Agency, Inc. encourages awareness of the prevention and education about HIV / AIDS. For more information or to make an appointment, call (812) 254-6939- Daviess; (812) 882-6069- Knox; (812) 234-0707- Vigo.

Pace Community Action Agency, Inc. is a private not-for-profit Community Action Agency established to provide support services to improve the community and encourage self-reliance. Visit us at http://www.pacecaa.org.                       

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