World Aids Day 2009

WORLD AIDS DAY2009Dr.T.T V.V Rao MD AIDS ► AIDS stands for: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome► AIDS is a medical condition. A person is diagnosed with AIDS when their immune system is too weak to fight off infections.► Since AIDS was first identified in the early 1980s, an unprecedented number of people have been affected by the global AIDS epidemic. Today, there are an estimated 33 mil ion people living with HIV/AIDS. Doctortvrao’s ‘e’ learning seriesUNAIDS – Guides the matters related to HIV/AIDS► UNAIDS, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, is an innovative joint venture of the United Nations family, bringing together the efforts and resources of ten UN system organizations in the AIDS response to help the world prevent new HIV infections, care for people living with HIV, and mitigate the impact of the epidemic. Cosponsors of UNAIDS include..►UNHCR, UNICEF, WFP,UNDP, UNFPA, UNODC, ILO, UNESCO, WHO and the World Bank. UNAIDS Coordinates► UNAIDS helps mount and support an expanded response to AIDS – one that engages the efforts of many sectors and partners from government and civil society. In spite of Progress of science AIDS is caused by less understood Virus AIDS is friendly in approach AIDS is Dangerous to Life AIDS Awareness OriginA Red Ribbon► The Red Ribbon Project was created by the New York-based Visual AIDS Artists Caucus in 1991. ► Keep the image copyright free, so that no individual or organization would profit from the use of the red ribbon; ► The Red Ribbon should be used as a consciousness raising symbol, not as a commercial or trademark tool. Document Outline

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