Is it possible that the success Africa has had, in managing and treating HIV/AIDS, reduced the sting of the HIV pandemic on the continent? The fact is, according to UNAIDS’ latest report, there are more people living with HIV today than there were 10 years ago. Approximately 34 million people live with HIV today, up 17 percent from 2001. In parallel, deaths from AIDS-related illnesses have decreased by 21 percent since 2005.
As part of his efforts to raise awareness this World AIDS Day and to draw global attention to the fight for the beginning of the end of HIV and AIDS, Bono wrote a fantastic op-ed article for the New York Times this morning.
Every day this week, we’ll be highlighting a personal story from our new AIDS report, “Progress. Proof. Promise.” In this essay, former President George W. Bush discusses the impact that PEPFAR has had on the fight against AIDS.
In 2001, an AIDS pandemic threatened to destroy a generation of Africans. In country after country, people were needlessly dying even though new life-saving antiretroviral drugs were available at a reasonable cost. The humanitarian disaster called for dramatic action.
For World AIDS Day, the White House is hosting a live question-and-answer session with Gayle Smith, special assistant to the President, and Ambassador Eric Goosby, the US global AIDS coordinator and senior director for development and democracy at the White House today at 2:30 p.m. It’s the perfect event to attend if you have lingering questions on HIV/AIDS after our World AIDS Day event on YouTube.
Submit your questions on their Facebook page, Twitter using the hashtag #WHChat, or on their webform. You can watch it in the player below (the screen will go live near the event time) or on the White House’s live page.
Today at 10 a.m. ET, ONE and (RED) are hosting an incredible World AIDS Day to highlight the progress that has been made in the last 10 years in the fight against global AIDS. President Obama, ONE cofounder Bono, former Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton, Alicia Keys and others will be in attendance. The event will be moderated by Dr. Sanjay Gupta. They’ll also be taking questions from ONE members, so be sure to stay tuned for the Q&A session at the end.
Watch the event in the player below, or go to our YouTube channel to watch it. We’ll be live-tweeting the event on our Twitter account, @ONECampaign, using the hashtag #endofAIDS.
With World AIDS Day just around the corner, a new movement has formed to drive momentum toward the goal of ending the AIDS crisis by 2020: ACT V (Five), led by Leigh Blake and Paul Zeitz. It’s called Act V because, as they see it, the AIDS movement has been defined by four key acts over the last three decades, and today we stand on the cusp of a 5th and final act:
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the discovery of HIV/AIDS. But this World AIDS Day –- December 1st — we’re commemorating it as a call to action to help bring about the beginning of the end of AIDS… and it starts with you.
We’re proud to announce the launch of the (2015)QUILT, a groundbreaking digital tool that brings people from all over the world together to fight for a historic achievement –- the delivery of the first AIDS-free generation in more than 30 years. Watch our latest video and get started now:
Right now, some of the world's biggest oil companies are fighting to keep some of their deals with foreign governments secret. Let's tell big oil we won't be bullied.
Cuts to poverty-fighting programs won't balance the budget, but they will set back progress on Canada's development priorities and risk jeopardizing existing investments.
2011 marks 30 years since the first cases of AIDS were documented. Take a closer look at the specific, achievable goals we must hit by 2015 to make this year the beginning of the end of AIDS.
