Annually on December 1st, we commemorate World AIDS Day and reflect upon our response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. This year is special as we mark 40 years since the first five cases of what later became known as AIDS were officially reported and honor the more than 36 million people who have died from AIDS-related illness globally since the start of the epidemic.
The theme for this year #EndEqualities #EndAIDS #EndPandemic reminds us, to end HIV domestically and globally, we cannot act alone. We will continue to strengthen our relationships with community-based organizations; networks of people with HIV; clinicians and researchers; and state, local, and support innovations that address individual, community, and structural factors and inequities that drive the HIV epidemic. Critically, we will ensure that people with lived experience are valued and at the center of the planning, development, and implementation of our efforts.
Today Mediatrix with partners took to the street of Ogoja, as we renew our commitment to work with our diverse stakeholder communities to end the HIV epidemic across the State, advocating and creating awareness to the general public about the dangers of HIV/AIDS.
#EndInequality
#WorldAIDSDay
#Mediatrix
Cross River, Nigeria