{"id":119110,"date":"2023-12-01T09:00:43","date_gmt":"2023-12-01T07:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/world-aids-day-celebrates-communities-working-to-end-the-disease\/"},"modified":"2023-12-01T09:00:43","modified_gmt":"2023-12-01T07:00:43","slug":"world-aids-day-celebrates-communities-working-to-end-the-disease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/world-aids-day-celebrates-communities-working-to-end-the-disease\/","title":{"rendered":"World AIDS Day celebrates communities working to end the disease"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button \" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119110\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\n<p>The leadership of communities affected by HIV has been vital in driving progress to end the epidemic, UN health agency WHO said on the eve of World AIDS Day, observed annually on 1 December. This year\u2019s commemoration pays tribute to the people and organizations that have been on the frontlines of the disease &#8211; from fighting stigma and discrimination, to advocating for access to affordable interventions and community-led services.<\/p>\n<p>They \u201chave left an indelible mark on the world with their activism,\u201d said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Innovations such as a once-a-day pill for HIV treatment and accessible viral load testing are just some of the results of their years of advocacy. \u201cThe affected communities who fought for tools to prevent, test and treat HIV enabled 30\u202fmillion people to access antiretroviral therapy, and helped to avert an unknowable number of infections,\u201d said Tedros.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe stand together with communities to help end AIDS as a public health threat by 2030.\u201d WHO said decades of investment and learnings from the HIV epidemic have also led to broader advancements in health at both the global and national level. The response to HIV strengthened healthcare systems and increased access to services beyond testing and treatment for the virus, enabling, for example, swift response to many diseases including COVID-19 and mpox.<\/p>\n<p>Yet despite significant progress, HIV remains a pressing public health issue, WHO said. Globally, 9.2\u202fmillion people do not have access to treatment while 1,700 people die each day from HIV-related causes. Another 3,500 are infected, many of whom do not know their status or have no access to treatment. Furthermore, funding, criminalization and limitations affecting the roles of \u201ccommunity champions\u201d impact the progress they have achieved and slow efforts to end AIDS.<\/p>\n<p>Many communities \u2013 including men who have sex with men, transgender people, sex workers, people who use drugs, and adolescents &#8211; still lack access to critical prevention, treatment, and care services. WHO highlighted the urgent need for continued funding to HIV programmes so that community leaders can continue to reach affected persons \u2013 essential for closing gaps in diagnosing and treatment children living with the virus.<\/p>\n<p>These efforts are also key for reaching global targets towards ensuring 95 per cent of people living with HIV know their status, 95 per cent of diagnosed persons receive antiretroviral treatment, and 95 per cent of those on treatment have suppressed viral loads. Earlier this week, the UN agency working towards the goal of zero HIV infections released a report urging governments and donors to fully support grassroots communities that are leading the fight to end AIDS.<\/p>\n<p>Their campaigning opened up access to generic HIV medicines, thus driving down the cost of treatment from $25,000 a year per person in 1995 to less than $70 in many countries, the UNAIDS report said. Although communities across the world have shown that they are ready, willing and able to lead, they must be properly resourced, said UNAIDS Executive Director Winnie Byanyima. \u201cToo often, communities are treated by decision-makers as problems to be managed, instead of being recognised and supported as leaders,\u201d she added. \u201cCommunities are not in the way, they light the way to the end of AIDS.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2023\/11\/1144177\">The UN<\/a> <\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/vaufien\/121689\/\">World AIDS Day celebrates communities working to end the disease<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\">Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[4622,3240,606,607,608,671],"class_list":["post-119110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-aids","tag-day","tag-vau_viikkokatsaus","tag-vauen","tag-vaufien","tag-world"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119110"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119110\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}