In case you may not know, today is World AIDS Day. It is marked on December 1st each year to raise awareness about the disease that has taken so many lives and ruined destroyed a lot of families. It is also a day to remember those who have died from the disease and to continue the effort to find a cure for this deadly disease that an estimated 33.2 million people are living with.
Why should you care? In 2007, an estimated 2.1 million people died of AIDS-related illnesses. It is imperative that we not ignored the pain and suffering that our fellow humans are undergoing. We must hear their cry!!!!
What can you do? You do not have to do much, just educate yourself. Below are several organizations that are making the effort to find a cure for this illness and giving hope to those that are still living with it. UNAIDS, AMFAR, International HIV/AIDS Alliance, The Body, ActionAid International,
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I am glad that you are calling peoples’ attention to issues like this. It is very important that we focus on what we can do to reduce the spread of HIV/AIDS in our community. Almost half of the people back home pay less attention to healthcare issues like this. We really have a lot of work to do on this and it is never too late. We all need to come together and do our best to improve the health of our community and the community to come.