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On Saturday December 1, a small contingent of Guyanese joined more than 100 countries around
the world to celebrate the 30th anniversary of World’s AIDS Day under the theme, “Know Your
Status.”
It is meant to urge people worldwide to know their
HIV infection status through testing and access to
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HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment and care. World
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AIDS Day was founded by the United Nations and
was first celebrated on December 1, 1988.
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Countries in which AIDS was considered taboo
By Franklin Wilson The 2018 season of the Guyana
are now offering testing and treatment for the
Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPLF) wrapped
virus.
up in grand style on Sunday afternoon last when
World AIDS Day provides an opportunity for
Runica White, a Buddys Gym member became the
people worldwide to draw attention to the
first...
HIV/AIDS epidemic. It is important to remind the public and governments that the virus still exists and
that it is vital to increase its awareness and educate people against prejudice. Read More
World AIDS Day is also meant to commemorate loved ones who have died from the disease, to
show solidarity and celebrate those who survive and those living with the virus, and to raise money V and V Variety store
to combat it. backs Hunte Dominoes...
The Red Ribbon is recognized as the universal symbol of awareness and the global fight against  Dec 04, 2018
Aids. The colour red is chosen for its boldness and for its symbolic associations with passion, the
heart and love
Despite medicine to treat the virus, HIV/AIDS remains a deadly disease. According to UNICEF, in
2016, AIDS was the second leading cause of death globally and AIDS related deaths among Titans Table Tennis Club
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adolescents have tripled since the virus was first discovered in the late 1970s.
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It is the number one cause of death in Sub-Saharan Africa where young women aged 15 to 44 are
disproportionally impacted by the epidemic. In Africa, an average of 1,068 young women were
infected with HIV every day last year.
Since the outbreak of the epidemic, more than 75 million people have contracted the illness world- RHTYSC Cricket Teams
wide, and about 36 million have died from it, leaving roughly 10 million orphan children behind. to host 4th Annual
It is estimated that nearly 37 million people worldwide are living with the virus today of which 20 Christmas...
million or 60 percent live in Sub-Saharan Africa and 90 percent of children infected with HIV live on  Dec 04, 2018

the continent. To date, 25 million of AIDS related deaths have occurred in Sub-Saharan Africa.
AIDS affects only human beings, it is like other viruses such as the flu or the common cold, except
that the human immune system can get rid of colds and flu, but not the HIV/AIDS virus. Education Department
HIV is spread through sex and certain body fluids such as blood, semen, rectal and vaginal fluids Region Four and
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and breastmilk from mothers infected with the virus. It is also transmitted by sharing needles and
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syringes, etc.
Once someone is infected with the virus, it stays with that individual forever, but antiretroviral (ART)
medicine helps to control the virus so that people infected with HIV can live a longer, healthier and
Johnson’s return to
normal life expectancy. ART also reduces the risk of transmitting HIV to full-blown AIDS, which is the Windies team is in his...
final stage of the virus.  Dec 04, 2018
Despite the scientific advances made in treating the disease, it continues to affect the Caribbean,
including Guyana.
Based on recent data from the World Health Organization, about two percent of the adult population
or 300,000 people in the region are living with HIV, which is higher than any other region except Sub-
Saharan Africa.
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Several factors account for the epidemic—poverty, gender and tourism, and stigma. Although the
exact origin of the disease is unknown, the first reported AIDS case occurred in Jamaica in 1982 Macron: People will always reject
among bisexual and gay men and in Trinidad and Tobago.
In Guyana, there is a high HIV incidence, which has spread beyond specific high risk groups into the
deceitful government
general population. Based on a population ratio, Guyana is second to Haiti with 7,000 cases of HIV.
However, tremendous efforts have been made in reducing the number of AIDS-related deaths from

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