WORLD AIDS DAY

Today on this world AIDS day, I would love us to observe a moment of silence for all those who have died from the disease including those without it that worked to eliminate it.

To those living with this disease, I am so sorry you have to and to those working to find a cure, thanks for all your efforts.

To everyone else out there please be careful, remember, “prevention is better than cure”. Know your health status because according to the U.S department of Health and Human Services (HHS), about 1.1 million people are living with HIV in the U.S and 33 million are living with it worldwide and also about one out of five people living with HIV is not aware of it.

Here is HHS's Secretary Kathleen Sebelius thoughts on World AIDS DAY. She also mentions the steps that the US is taking to help eradicate the HIV epidemic.

Here is WHO's Director General, Dr. Margaret Chan thoughts on the HIV epidemic. She is happy that the epidemic is becoming stabilizes in some regions of the world but concerned that certain regions do not have access to treatments. She wants the rights of people living with HIV protected and to end discrimination against them.

To find out more about AIDS CHECKOUT:

http://www.aids.gov/

http://www.who.int/hiv/en/index.html