World Aids Day
Aids is easy to forget about, especially living in countries were the disease isn’t exactly commonplace. However, the facts about one of the most destructive epidemics in human history are astounding.
Aids has killed an estimated 25 million people and another 40 million are currently infected. The disease infests countries that don’t have the funding and education for prevention and treatment. That to me, is what makes the fight against Aids so important. Most of these people have no options. Aids is a death sentence unless antiretroviral medication is made available. A weeks supply of antiretroviral pills costs about five dollars a week. The pills are taken twice daily and can put life back into someone who isn’t far from death. People around the world are dieing because they can’t afford the medication.
Another very important medication is nevirapine. This medication can prevent the spread of Aids from mother to child during birth. How many more children have to be born into this world with a potential death sentence? It’s huge if we can prevent a child from entering this world with the devastating disease.
My World Aids Day promise is to post more Aids related content on this site.
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