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The 30thannual World AIDS Day is taking place December 1, 2018 to raise awareness about the disease and the fight against HIV infection. The day also shows support for those living with HIV, and remembers those who have lost their lives to an AIDS-related illness. The first ever global health day dedicated to AIDS awareness took place in 1988, according to the World AIDS Day Campaign. Today, there are an estimated 36.7 million people living with an HIV infection globally. The virus has taken more than 35 million lives since it’s identification in 1984, making it one of the deadliest pandemics to exist, according to World AIDS Day. When HIV was first identified, it was considered a death sentence. Due to advances in medicine, however, those infected with HIV can live with the disease. While scientists know more about the virus than ever, and can prevent it from progressing into AIDS, there is still no known cure for HIV infection, according to the campaign. HIV is not as deadly as it once was, but it is still considered a world crisis, with 5000 people in the UK being diagnosed each year. World AIDs Day aims to promote awareness for HIV prevention and testing, while also ending the stigma and discrimination that HIV-positive patients face, according to the campaign. The campaign reminds the public that AIDS has not gone away and that raising money, promoting awareness, destigmatizing those infected, and improving education are vital to ending AIDS. This year’s campaign theme isRock the Ribbon,encouraging people to wear a red ribbon on World AIDS Day to stand in solidarity with the millions who are currently living with HIV. As there is no cure for HIV, those infected often face discrimination that prevents them from living full lives. Being HIV-positive is associated with living in poverty and having poor mental health, according to the campaign. The ribbon also represents HIV awareness and early detection. HIV transmission rates are slowing down in the UK, yet almost 50% of diagnosed patients are not aware of their condition until it has already permanently damaged their health. Early detection can prevent health damage and make AIDS progression easier to prevent. The campaign is also hosting a festival with STOPAIDS and other community groups in the UK called ENDAIDS2030. The festival is dedicated to raising awareness for the public health concern of HIV, with the goal of ending AIDS worldwide by 2030. The festival began on November 26, and is running through December 3. Reference Rock the Ribbon this World AIDS Day. World AIDS Day.https://www.worldaidsday.org/campaign/. Accessed November 30, 2018.
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१५,मङ्सिर । नेपालमा असुरक्षित यौन सम्पर्कका करिब ८५ प्रतिशत एचआइभी सङ्क्रमण जोखिम रहेको छ । विश्व एड्स दिवसको पूर्वसन्ध्यामा राष्ट्रिय एड्स तथा यौनरोग नियन्त्रण केन्द्रले आज आयोजना गरेको पत्रकारसम्मलेनमा बाँकी सङ्क्रमण सुईद्वारा लागुपदार्थ प्रयोग गर्ने, यौनकर्मी पुरुष समलिङ्गी तथा तेस्रोलिङ्गी, रोजगारीका लागि विदेसिने र जेलका कैदी सङ्क्रमणको उच्च जोखिममा रहेको केन्द्रका निर्देशक डा पौडेलले बताउनुभयो । यही मङ्सिर १६ गते अर्थात् डिसेम्बर १ मा विश्व एड्स दिवस पर्दछ । जनचेतनाको कमी र सुरक्षा अपनाउने साधनको सावधानीपूर्वक प्रयोग नगर्दा यस्तो जोखिम बढेको केन्द्रका निर्देशक डा पौडेल बताउनुभयो । उहाँले प्रत्येक वर्ष नेपालमा अनुमानित एक हजार तीन सय ३१ नयाँ सङ्क्रमित थपिने र दुई हजार दुई सय ६३ एड्स रोगीको मृत्यु हुने गरेको बताउनुभयो । सन् २०१५ को डिसेम्बर सम्मको तथ्याङ्कअनुसार नेपालमा करिब ३९ हजार तीन सय ९७ जनामा एचआइभी सङ्क्रमण भएको अनुमान छ । तीमध्ये २४ हजार चार सय ४९ पुरुष र १४ हजार नौ सय ४८ महिला सङ्क्रमित छन् भने विश्वमा अहिले करिब तीन करोड ६७ लाख व्यक्ति एचआइभी सङ्क्रमित भएको अनुमान गरिएको छ । गत वर्ष नेपालमा एचआइभी एड्स सङ्क्रमित एक सय सात शिशुको जन्म भएको र उनीहरुको उपचार भइरहेको राष्ट्रिय एड्स तथा यौनरोग नियन्त्रण केन्द्रले जनाएको छ । ‘हामी सबैको काम, एचआइभीको रोकथाम’ भन्ने नारासहित नेपालले पनि विश्व एड्स दिवस मनाउन लागेको छ । निर्देशक डा पौडेलले एआइभीको सङ्क्रमण दर अझै घटाउँदै लैजाने र एड्सको महामारीलाई अन्त्य गर्ने दिगो विकास लक्ष्य तथा सङ्क्रमणको रोकथाम र उपचारसम्बन्धी कार्यक्रमलाई तीव्रता दिन यो दिवस मनाइने बताउनुभयो । उहाँ उक्त दिन राष्ट्रिय सभा गृहमा हुने कार्यक्रमको प्रधानमन्त्री पुष्पकमल दाहालले उद्घाटन गर्नुहुनेछ । एआइभीको निःशुल्क परीक्षणका लागि कोटेश्वर, एकान्तकुना, रत्नपार्क, कलङ्की, नयाँ बसपार्क र शिक्षण अस्पताल महाराजगन्जमा स्टल राखिने केन्द्रले जनाएको छ ।