BAM. The film How To Survive A Plague has been nominated for Best Documentary at the Oscars this year. It’s a must-see about two two coalitions—ACT UP and TAG (Treatment Action Group)—whose activism and innovation in the 80’s and 90’s turned AIDS from a death sentence into a manageable condition.

You can watch it online, or in theatres. 

What happens when over 5000 young people from 79 countries collaborate online to write policy recommendations for the UN? History. “We have worked together, using the simplest tools—each one of us in their own corner of the world—to create spaces of exchange and draft this important document in real-time, public online sessions. This is not the end. It’s the first step toward revolutionary youth leadership in the AIDS response.”Simply. Awesome. Read more: Young people present first-ever ‘crowdsourced’ recommendations for AIDS response in UN history See more: crowdoutaids.org Do more: fb.com/unaids, fb.com/crowdoutaids | #CrowdOutAIDS, @UNAIDS
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What happens when over 5000 young people from 79 countries collaborate online to write policy recommendations for the UN?

History.

“We have worked together, using the simplest tools—each one of us in their own corner of the world—to create spaces of exchange and draft this important document in real-time, public online sessions. This is not the end. It’s the first step toward revolutionary youth leadership in the AIDS response.”

Simply. Awesome.

Read more: Young people present first-ever ‘crowdsourced’ recommendations for AIDS response in UN history

See more: crowdoutaids.org

Do more: fb.com/unaids, fb.com/crowdoutaids | #CrowdOutAIDS, @UNAIDS

Source: unaids.org

doctorswithoutborders: DRC: A Fashion Show Featuring Women Living with HIV This past March was designated women’s month in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). In order to close it out on a high note, Doctors Without Borders teams in DRC did something a little unusual. Along with Médecins du Monde and the Réseau National Des Organisations d’Assise Communautaires des PVV (the RNOAC, a national network of community-based organizations that assists people with HIV/AIDS), they organized a fashion show on March 30 that featured 12 women living with HIV/AIDS. The goal was threefold: to fight discrimination against people living with HIV, to alert the public to the tragic lack of access to treatment in the country, and to show what is possible when treatment is made available. The fashion show was designed to send the message that with proper treatment, people with HIV/AIDS can live a normal life and even flourish. In front of a supportive, cheering audience, the women walked with poise and dignity, pausing at the end of the runway to deliver short messages in proud, confident voices. “Do I look ill to you?” one woman said. “I’ve been living with HIV for 14 years and I’m doing great, thanks to ARVs!” another announced. “I’ve broken the silence,” said a third. “Now it’s up to you to make my voice heard!” Photo: DRC 2012 © MSF Women living with HIV walk in the March 30 fashion show in Kinshasa.
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DRC: A Fashion Show Featuring Women Living with HIV

This past March was designated women’s month in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). In order to close it out on a high note, Doctors Without Borders teams in DRC did something a little unusual. Along with Médecins du Monde and the Réseau National Des Organisations d’Assise Communautaires des PVV (the RNOAC, a national network of community-based organizations that assists people with HIV/AIDS), they organized a fashion show on March 30 that featured 12 women living with HIV/AIDS. The goal was threefold: to fight discrimination against people living with HIV, to alert the public to the tragic lack of access to treatment in the country, and to show what is possible when treatment is made available.

The fashion show was designed to send the message that with proper treatment, people with HIV/AIDS can live a normal life and even flourish.

In front of a supportive, cheering audience, the women walked with poise and dignity, pausing at the end of the runway to deliver short messages in proud, confident voices.

“Do I look ill to you?” one woman said.

“I’ve been living with HIV for 14 years and I’m doing great, thanks to ARVs!” another announced.

“I’ve broken the silence,” said a third. “Now it’s up to you to make my voice heard!”

Photo: DRC 2012 © MSF
Women living with HIV walk in the March 30 fashion show in Kinshasa.

UN reports ‘extraordinary progress’ in global fight against AIDS nationalpost: UN reports ‘extraordinary progress’ in global fight against AIDSThe international community has made extraordinary progress in the past decade in the fight against AIDS, but a funding crisis is putting those gains at risk, the United Nations health agencies said.A World Health Organization-led report said the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that causes AIDS and now infects about 34 million people around the world has proven a “formidable challenge” for scientists and public health experts.“But the tide is turning,” it added. “The tools to achieve an AIDS-free generation are in our hands.”
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UN reports ‘extraordinary progress’ in global fight against AIDS

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UN reports ‘extraordinary progress’ in global fight against AIDS
The international community has made extraordinary progress in the past decade in the fight against AIDS, but a funding crisis is putting those gains at risk, the United Nations health agencies said.

A World Health Organization-led report said the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that causes AIDS and now infects about 34 million people around the world has proven a “formidable challenge” for scientists and public health experts.

“But the tide is turning,” it added. “The tools to achieve an AIDS-free generation are in our hands.”

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Source: nationalpost

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