By: Kimberly McCargo and Salita DeMary
December 1st, World AIDS Day, serves as a crucial reminder of the ongoing battle against HIV and AIDS. This year’s theme, “Collective Action: Sustain and Accelerate HIV Progress,” emphasizes the importance of unified efforts to realize the vision of an AIDS-free generation. Although significant advancements have been made, there remains essential work to ensure comprehensive care for all individuals and to prevent the further transmission of HIV.
How Far We’ve Come
HIV prevention and treatment has made numerous strides in recent years. Medicines like PrEP prevent HIV in high-risk individuals, while ART helps those with HIV stay healthy and live longer by reducing the virus to undetectable levels, preventing its transmission.
Call to action!
The only way to achieve an AIDS free generation is by working together.
Learn about HIV and share what you learn with friends and family to help spread the word. When more people understand the problem, we can all work together to fix it. If we all work together, we can stop HIV and create a world where everyone has the chance to live a healthy life. This World AIDS Day, let’s promise to keep up the fight and make life better for people living with HIV. Every small step we take can lead to big changes.
Let’s keep the progress going—together!
For more information on HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention, please contact CompleteCare Health Network’s HIV prevention team at www.CompleteCareNJ.org or call (856) 451-4700, EXT. 2727 today!