Showing posts with label aids. Show all posts
Showing posts with label aids. Show all posts

Thursday, May 12, 2011

A Generation Ago, Nearly An Entire Generation Was Lost.

So very much has changed since then.

So much, and yet today I mark the first anniversary of my son's death. 

Twenty eight year-olds don't die of aids.

No matter how many times I repeat those words . . .


We all miss you B.
And Dax & the fairies send their regards.




Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation

Elton John AIDS Foundation

 AIDS Research Alliance


It Gets Better Project

 

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

WORLD AIDS DAY

Rates of new HIV infections are slowing, but what now?

. . . putting human rights approaches at the centre of the response is crucial to further progress.

“Prioritizing the rights people need to avoid exposure to infection, enabling people living with HIV to live with respect and dignity and protecting the rights of those who are marginalized or vulnerable is really what we're talking about when we mention human rights approaches,” says Allyson Leacock, chair of the World AIDS Campaign's Global Steering Committee, “raising rights awareness among key populations – such as women, youth, people who use drugs – is essential to the future of the HIV response.”



picture of light bulb with text keep the light on HIV and human rights