World AIDS Day observed on every year on December 1st. WHO established 'World AIDS Day' in 1988.
Few Facts
- Only in 1985, first antibody test was available.
- June 2001, UN General assembly special session on HIV/AIDS convened.
- 189 member countries of UN signed the declaration of commitment (june 2001) [16 yrs what did these countries do? ]
- Globally, around 33 million people living with HIV/AIDS (2007)
- Annual number of NEW infections have declined from 3.0 million (2001) to 2.7 million (2007) [in 6 years its only 0.3 million decline,good but not very impressive tho]
- Overall, 2.0 million people died (2007) when compared to 1.7 million (2001)
- Sub-saharan africa is home to 67% of all people living with HIV.
- Women account for half of all people living with HIV worldwide.
- young people aged 15-24 account for 45% percentage of HIV new infections worldwide. [swaziland tops this list followed by south africa and zimbabwe, india being listed last]
HIV transmission
HIV can be transmitted mainly through 3 ways,
- Sexually
- Through blood
- mother-to-child transmission
HIV Prevention
* Spread awareness about HIV/AIDS on "how it can be spread".
- Media Campaigns
- School Education etc
* HIV Testing and counselling
* Treatment (antiretrovial treatment)
Sexual transmission
- Abstain from Sex or delay first sex (45% of young aged between 15-24 are HIV infected )
- Be faithful to one partner or have fewer partners
- condomise (male & female condoms are available in markets)
- STDs be effectively treated
There is a social stigma around this diseases, SEX being one of the reason for being infected by this disease. Lack of Awareness about the disease and about safe behaviours spreads fear among masses about this DEADLY disease. Following are some of the cases, I personally know.
Case 1: First case of AIDS reported in my village, couple died of AIDS. Husband working as a lorry driver brought this disease to his wife as well. Both are no more. In my village, nobody seems to be bothered about it at all.
Case 2: A priest died of AIDS recently. He was my junior in Seminary. He got it from Thailand, and spread it among Estate workers in Sengottai (TN).
Case 3: Group of college students had been to Goa on pleasure trip, ventured with women.Among them was a First timer,who inspite of using condoms got infected on the only time he had pleasure with women. He finally have to pay a heavy price for act. He died within a year of infection.
2 comments:
The condition is India is very very worst. More people die without even knowing that they have it.
They are been cheated to death, by their own husbands and wives.
Atleast, nowadays it is made mandatory for all pregnant woman to take up this test. More awareness is still needed in India.
What I feel is that it should be made mandate to take up the test before marriage itself.
Government machineries should go on big campaigns spreading information about HIV/AIDS,which happens not in mass level.
Campaign should address "social stigma" around this disease.
people should be made to realize that HIV/AIDS tests are mandatory and identifying person infected by HIV/AIDS actually helps society to help the victims better,so they could live longer. Death could be delayed in early identification of this disease.
who will do that?
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