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The Voice Of Svcf
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 Kofi Annan
Secretary-General of the United Nations
"For there to be any hope of success in the fight against HIV/AIDS, the world must join together in a great global alliance."
- Kofi Annan, Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS, June 2001
Early in 2001, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan embarked on a campaign to raise the profile of HIV/AIDS and to spur a large-scale mobilization of political commitment and funding to strengthen the global response to the epidemic. |
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As per the United Nations Development Programme, HIV / AIDS epidemic has in two decade infected nearly seventy million people since it began. Some Forty two million are living with HIV and AIDS and over Twenty Five million have died. Without decisive action not only we will fail to achieve the Millennium Developement Goal of reversing the spread of HIV / AIDS, but worse the number of people infected is likely to double in less than a decade. International funding to confront the epidemic has began to grow, but it will take massive, comprehensive and sustained intervention in both high and low prevalence countries to turn the tide.
Moreover, stigma and discrimination are the major obstacles to effective HIV / AIDS prevention and care. Fear of discrimination may prevent people from seeking treatment from AIDS or from acknowledging their HIV status publicly. People with or suspected of having HIV may turned away from health care services, denied housing and employment, shunned by their friends and colleagues, turned down for insurance coverage or refused entry into foreign countries. In this some cases they may be evicted from home by their families, divorced by thier spouses, and suffer physical violence or even murder. The stigma attached to HIV / AIDS may extend into the next generation, placing an emotional burden on children who may also be trying to cope with the death of their parents from AIDS.
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