MEDIART
  • Home
  • About
  • BLOG
  • Praxis Greece
  • Contact
  • Home
  • About
  • BLOG
  • Praxis Greece
  • Contact
  MEDIART

Mediart

2022

November 29th, 2017

29/11/2017

Comments

 

World Aids day

Picture
“All people, regardless of their age, gender, where they live or who they love, have the right to health” Michel Sidibé, Executive Director of UNAIDS
On the 1st of December is World AIDS Day.
At the moment there are about 36.7 million people living with HIV worldwide. But only 60% of them know they are HIV positive. The rest of them do not know. Less than half of the people living with HIV are on antiretroviral therapy and only 38% have achieved undetectable levels of HIV.
A person living with HIV who starts antiretroviral therapy today will have the same live expectancy as an HIV-negative person of the same age. Although it is possible to live with HIV nowadays 1 million people died from a HIV related disease in 2016.
The UN goal is the 90-90-90-Treatment for all.
By 2020, 90% of all people living with HIV will know their HIV status.
By 2020, 90% of all people with diagnosed HIV infection will receive sustained antiretroviral therapy.
By 2020, 90% of all people receiving antiretroviral therapy will have viral suppression.
This year’s campaign is called: My health, My right. The right to health is contained in the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights of 1966. It says everyone has the right to health, no matter what their health requires. Firstly it is important that everyone has the access to the treatment of an illness, including physical and mental diseases. Secondly everyone should be able to decide about one`s own health. Furthermore everyone has the right to be treated with respect and dignity. The campaign should remember that health is not only the access to medical treatment but also good living standards. For instance it is adequate sanitation, healthy working conditions, a clean environment and access to justice.
What does the right to health mean to you?
Get more information on http://www.unaids.org.

​By Vera Lennartz
Comments

    Categories

    All
    Antifascism Day
    Christmas Holidays
    CLAP!
    Coming Together - Bringing Down Barriers
    COP21
    Democracy Day
    Film Festival
    Food Day
    Halloween
    Human Rights Day
    Imag'in
    International Day
    Peace Day
    Podcast
    Refugee Experience
    Stereo Typical
    Tourism Day
    UrbanArtVentures
    Video
    World-aids-day

    Archives

    July 2022
    June 2022
    May 2022
    April 2022
    March 2022
    February 2022
    January 2022
    December 2021
    November 2021
    October 2021
    September 2021
    August 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021
    May 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.
Photo used under Creative Commons from Jorge Franganillo