Tbilisi, 1 December 2023. On this World AIDS Day, AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) Georgia reminds the world that fight against HIV/AIDS is not over. On this day with a commemorative event, advocates will honor all who have lost their lives to AIDS-related illnesses, support those who carry on the fight, and unite people globally in battling HIV/AIDS.
While the world has made significant progress over past decades, the global HIV/AIDS response faces serious threats, including insufficient funding, dangerously high rates of 1.3 million new HIV transmissions annually, an estimated 630,000 deaths each year, and responses not being prioritized highly enough, particularly in lower-income countries.
AHF Georgia like past years joins World AIDS Day campaign and on 1 December in collaboration with I. Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University organizing event at main building. Activities aiming at raising awareness among young people. An informational thematic meeting will be held for students, IEC materials will be distributed and rapid and anonymous testing on HIV will be conducted.
“The celebration of World AIDS Day is dedicated to raising public awareness and aims to remind the main message that only united effort of society is possible to defeat the AIDS pandemic. Awareness and engagement of young people plays a special role in this regard.” – stated Nino Khetaguri, AHF Georgia Program manager.
Observed annually on December 1, World AIDS Day gives HIV/AIDS advocates an opportunity to bring awareness to the global response, fight the harmful stigma and discrimination that hinder people living with HIV from seeking testing and treatment services, and urge governments worldwide to ensure the resources and political will are available to fight HIV/AIDS. On World AIDS Day, the world must remember – it’s not over.
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AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) is a global non-profit organization providing cutting-edge medicine and advocacy to over 1.9 million people in 45 countries worldwide in the US, Africa, Latin America/Caribbean, the Asia/Pacific Region and Europe. It is currently the largest non-profit provider of HIV/AIDS medical care in the world. To learn more about AHF, please visit:
Website: www.aidshealth.org,
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