Not long ago, it was a death sentence. It’s feared and misunderstood by many people. Even if it isn’t in the news as much as it once was, it’s still a huge health problem.
HIV/AIDS.
The situation is improving–mainly because of prevention and the fact that there is life-saving medical help. But people are no longer paying much attention to it or to those afflicted with it.
On this World AIDS Day, it’s a good time to catch up on the facts surrounding this disease that currently affects the lives of about 36.7 million people–plus their families and friends. It’s time to fully buy into this year’s World Health Organization’s theme “Right to Health” and their slogan “Everybody Counts.”
Go to http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs360/en/ to read WHO’s fact sheet on HIV/AIDS. Knowledge leads to understanding leads to compassion leads to a cure.
