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"World AIDS Day" Today - What does it mean to you?
Posted by charityblog • 12/01/08 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: 1 dec, 2008, aids, annual, awareness, blogging, causes, charity, education, end prejudice
"Ignorance and prejudice are fuelling the spread of a preventable disease. World AIDS Day, 1 December is an opportunity for people worldwide to unite in the fight against HIV and AIDS.... It's up to you, me and us to stop the spread of HIV and end prejudice."
WorldAidsDay.org
"World AIDS Day" Today....What does it mean to you? Are you doing anything special today to mark the event? If so what?
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There's a BU event planned for today. Lots of people are going to write about AIDS in some fashion or other.
Me? I just finished a research paper yesterday and I'm mentally drained. -
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Safe sex for everyone.
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I posted on my blog too.
I'm spreading awareness among readers.
It's very important to stress the importance of knowledge of HIV/AIDS.
Research has proved that 1 out of every 5 individuals in the US do not know that they are HIV positive and that they are transmitting the infection unknowingly.
Getting yourself tested is what I would recommend everyone as well.-
Would you please add ypur link to make it easier for everyone -
Sure. There are 3-4 posts that I did on HIV in the past week. Check them out. They're informative.
dratiffarid.today.com
I'll be doing one last one today to complete my AIDS Campaign Series posts. -
dratiffarid - great - education & awareness is the key to creating changes in the AIDS situation
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Thank you.
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Awareness is lacking, often people think it doesn't happen in their circle or their socio-economic group. Nobody is immune...that should be the message.-
well said
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People need to understand "risky behaviour" is NOT helping the situation. People are sadly still associating this with a "homosexual" disease. It is a social disease
donotcolorme.blogspot.com/-
Correct - there are too many people taking stupid risks that could be avoided
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it's a reminder to wake you up. aids is not a nightmare, its a real threat.-
Yes it's a wake up call:
AIDS - just stop & think about it.
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it all helps to make us think about AIDS
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Interesting idea - a symbolic gesture for the creative loss in the arts community through AIDS.
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AIDS touches all walks of life, it doesn't discriminate. Do you know your neighbor?
madmadmargo.blogspot.com/2008/12/neighbor-bloggers-unite-world-aids-day.htm...-
MadMadMargo - just visited your blog - what a beautiful poem
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What it means is we've been having World AIDS day for 20 years, the campaign still isn't even organized as we can see by the different themes for the campaign coming out of different places. One, theme is leadership, one is prevention and so on. It means AIDS is still here.
It means that we have to hold our president elect to his word on establishing and implementing "a comprehensive national HIV/AIDS strategy that includes all federal agencies". A strategy will be designed to reduce HIV infections, increase access to care, and reduce HIV-related health disparities. A strategy which is supposed to include "measurable goals, timelines, and accountability mechanisms".
We require third world countries we send aid to have a comprehensive national plan, but we never had one, and still don't.
wonderlandornot.net/2008/12/01/world-aids-day-2/
I didn't have time to involve myself in this but it's always worth a note.
I suggest the documentary "The Age of Aids" at Frontline in full.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/aids/-
good links -thanks
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Lost an uncle from AIDS. At the time I was very young, AIDS was "new" (at least in terms of public awareness), and I was told it was something else, but it turns out it was AIDS. It was actually this time of year as well, so for me this day always reminds me of him and his life. He was a great guy.-
Hi, many thanks for sharing your experience with us all - it helps make the very sad AIDS situation more real. It also encourages people to stop and think.
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I just published my post.
World AIDS Day 2008: Bloggers Unite
A post that focuses on the fact that between 170 - 190 million American federal taxpayers dollars (faith based funding) are being spent in the USA every year on teaching teens ineffectual abstinence only programs, rather than on comprehensive sex education programs focused on abstinence, preventing unwanted pregnancies, and preventing STDs, including HIV AIDS.
IMO it’s appalling that one third of American parents of teens would choose only to support teaching abstinence to them and then pat themselves on the back for being “righteous” in a religious sense. Their failure to provide their own children with comprehensive sex education, including contraception and protection from STDs, such as HIV AIDS is unconscionable. Even more unconscionable is that fact that this ignorance in the form of “faith based abstinence only programs” is being exported to countries like Africa where AIDS is rampant.
thistimethisspace.com/2008/12/01/world-aids-day-2008-bloggers-unite/-
excellent post
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just one more day.. the eye of death perhaps more vivid than before, but just another sad day on earth..
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Wastedlola - what a thought provoking visual.
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thanks, i could not make it smaller.. but i thought i should post it anyway
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I joined in to blog about a great friend of mine who has been living with AIDS since the late 1980's. I lived in San Francisco in the 80's and lost many friends to AIDS so this is a cause that is very close to my heart. You can read my post at blog.melindaville.com-
Hi M Tyler, just read your post - your story of your friend Lori is inspiring. Thanks for sharing with us all.
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Thank you, Charity!
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It means that people are dying. Think of what it is like in some countries in sub saharan Africa where 6% of the adult population has AIDS. They are dying. It is a slow horrible way to die for people who cannot get medicine.
We can at least make a choice to get tested and take preventative measures because we probably have enough money.
Stop thinking of it as a moral disease. It is becoming a disease of the rich and poor. The poor countries can barely afford the needles to test people or any kind of preventative measures. -
I published my post late last night
kidzense.blogspot.com/2008/12/world-aids-day-talking-with-your-kids.html
As the link suggests it is about talking with you kids about AIDS
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