World Aids Day is widely known yearly on December 1 and this 12 months’s theme was ‘Take the correct path: My Well being, My Proper.’
The day serves as a reminder that each particular person ought to stay steadfast in a dedication in the direction of stopping new HIV infections whereas offering important companies and assist to individuals dwelling with HIV globally.
This 12 months marked the thirty seventh commemoration of World Aids Day. The primary World Aids Day was celebrated in 1988 and served as a platform to boost consciousness about HIV and Aids, and honoured these affected by the illness.
Former MMC for Well being and Social Growth Charlotte Zitha mentioned individuals should advocate for well being fairness and make sure that everybody has entry to high quality healthcare companies.
“By doing that, we are able to finish HIV as a public well being menace by 2030 if everybody’s rights are protected. World Aids Day is a day to boost consciousness about HIV/Aids.”
• Honour those that died from Aids-related diseases• Present assist for individuals dwelling with HIV• Present assist for individuals dwelling with HIV• Have a good time victories, resembling elevated entry to therapy and prevention companies
“By taking the correct path, we not solely advocate for well being fairness but additionally empower communities to face for his or her rights.
“Allow us to unite in our efforts to make sure that each younger individual and each particular person dwelling with HIV can proudly declare, ‘My Well being, My Proper.’
“The extra clearly outlined the enemy is, the extra the possibility of survival,” added Zitha.
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