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This is a time for reflection about the lives lost and the work yet to be done. "Leadership" is the theme this year in the five-year UNAIDS campaign to "Stop AIDS. Keep the Promise." Keep up the pressure on governments and the international community to meet commitments in the fight to end the pandemic!
IFSW supports this global campaign and social workers will continue to do what they can to reduce the devastating effects that AIDS has on vulnerable individuals, groups and communities around the world.
Improved methods in data collection have lowered estimates of people living with HIV in several countries and there are indications in some countries that the incidence of HIV has stabilised. Yet an estimated 33.2 million people around the world – one in every 200 – are living with HIV, and daily 6,800 people are infected with HIV and 5,700 people die of AIDS-related illnesses. AIDS is still considered the leading cause of death in Sub-Saharan Africa.
“This is not the time for complacency nor apathy,” says Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu. “It is the time for compassionate leadership.”
In many cases, it has been people living with HIV themselves who have led the way, emphasising the urgency of the pandemic and highlighting the need for all sectors to work together to tackle the complex issues fueling the spread of HIV.
IFSW Policy on HIV/AIDS
Leadership statements for World AIDS Day 2007
Further information on World AIDS Day and the current status of the epidemic can be found on:
www.avert.org/worldaid.htm
2007 AIDS Epidemic Update in English
Point sur l'epidemie de SIDA Francais
Situacion de la epidemia de SIDA Espagnol
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