World AIDS Day Stories and Educational Materials for Group Work
This amazing piece of sculpture was made by young people at the Minister Hall Youth and Community Centre in Lichfield for World AIDS Day 2006. The outside of the sculpture was covered in messages about the HIV epidemic and how HIV is and is not transmitted.
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The 1st December is World AIDS Day Around thirty three million people are living with HIV throughout the world - and that number increases in every region every day. In the UK alone, more than 80,000 people are living with HIV and over 7,000 more are diagnosed every year. World AIDS Day is an opportunity for people worldwide to unite in the fight against HIV and AIDS by challenging the prejudice and discrimination which affects so many of the women, children and men who are infected or affected by the virus. World AIDS Day was the very first international health day established by a summit of health ministers who met in London in January 1988. They recognised that a united global effort was required to halt the spread of HIV and AIDS and World AIDS Day was created to help with this aim. The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) sets a global theme for World AIDS Day every year. In the UK, The National AIDS Trust also decides a UK theme. The National AIDS Trust have adopted a UK World AIDS Day theme titled HIV: REALITY and in Staffordshire Buddies we have adopted the campaign slogan "Let's get real" to build upon this theme. > read more about our local theme You can download posters and other campaign materials by clicking here. Alternatively, please give us a call and we will post stuff out to you. Please do come along to some of the local World AIDS Day events and support the campaign! See our calendar The Red Ribbon One way you can raise HIV awareness is by wearing a Red Ribbon.
The Red Ribbon has been the international symbolof The Red Ribbon is worn as a sign of support for people living with HIV. Wearing a red ribbon is a simple and powerful way to challenge stigma and prejudice surrounding HIV and AIDS. We can send you a red ribbon through the post contact us... |
NEW! Press release To download our press release click here... Links to Useful Sites For journalists - the new NUJ guidleines for reporting HIV UK World AIDS Day Site maintained by the National AIDS Trust UNAIDS World AIDS Campaign website Global HIV/AIDS statistics |
HIV Awareness since 1991. The Red Ribbon was created by the New York based organisation Visual AIDS, which brought together artists to create a symbol of support for the growing number of people living with HIV in the United States of America. It has since been adopted worldwide.
