Today marks the 21st annual observance of World AIDS Day. The global community is marking the day with calls to action, and efforts to heighten awareness:
- President Jacob Zuma has announced a major policy shift for South Africa (the country with the highest number of people living with HIV): “South Africa will treat all HIV-positive babies and expand testing” (Associated Press)
- Getty CEO Jonathan Klein weighs in on the power of images in combating stigma surrounding AIDS (Huffington Post)
- The U.S. continues to fund the fight against AIDS in Vietnam, where stigma around the disease is still very strong (Dallas Morning News)
- Family members of HIV-positive patients are applauding the lifting of the U.S.’s 22-year-old HIV travel ban (Chicago Tribune)
- In India, new HIV infections are down by about 100,000/year (Sify News)
- Organizations including the San Antonio AIDS Foundation are working to meet the needs of homeless Americans living with HIV/AIDS (San Antonio News)
- After bringing HIV/AIDS education to a Pittsburgh juvenile detention center, Schweitzer Fellow Meredith Dixon traveled to the Schweitzer Hospital in Africa and helped to establish a pediatric HIV treatment program (Beyond Boulders)
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