Friday, December 4, 2009

LE SOLEIL

sooo , i ddnt get the chance to wish HAPPY WORLD AID'S DAY .
but i hope im not too late . well , i dnt have any family members who are diagnosed with HIV AIDS but i do know tht its not a thing tht a person wld ask fr . but one thing fr sure , it hurts .
well ,

Over the past 27 years , nearly 25 million people have died from AIDS . HIV/AIDS causes debilitating illness and premature death in people during their prime years of life and has devastated families and communities . Further , HIV/AIDS has complicated efforts to fight poverty, improve health, and promote development by ;
* Diminishing a person’s ability to support, work and provide for his or her family .

* Deepening socioeconomic and gender disparities. Women are at high risk of infection and have few options for providing for their families. Children affected by HIV/AIDS, due to their own infection or parental illness or death, are less likely to receive an education , as they leave school to care for ailing parents and younger siblings .

* Straining the resources of communities – hospitals, social services , schools and businesses . Health care workers , teachers , and business and government leaders have been lost to HIV/AIDS . The impact of diminished productivity is felt on a national scale .

Despite the progress seen in some countries and regions, the total number of people living with HIV continues to rise .

* In 2007 , globally, about 2 million people died of AIDS, 33 million were living with HIV and 2.7 million people were newly infected with the virus

* HIV infections and AIDS deaths are unevenly distributed geographically and the nature of the epidemics vary by region . Epidemics are abating in some countries and burgeoning in others . More than 90 percent of people with HIV are living in the developing world .

* There is growing recognition that the virus does not discriminate by age , race , gender , ethnicity , sexual orientation, or socioeconomic status – everyone is susceptible . However , certain groups are at particular risk of HIV , including men who have sex with men (MSM), injecting drug users (IDUs) , and commercial sex workers (CSWs) .

so , come on ppl let's stand up and give some moral support .
WOOTS WOOTS

lotsalove ,
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