The HIV/Aids epidemic has spread with an uncontrollable speed. It was virtually unknown 20 years ago, but HIV/ AIDS has infected millions of people worldwide.
HIV/AIDS is not just a health problem. It has far more paralyzing consequences to all sectors of life. It can create orphans, decimate the workforce and family, exacerbate poverty and inequality, and put tremendous and dire stress on health and social services.
The world's largest AIDS conference was held in Toronto last week. Delegates, top AIDS researchers, advocates, doctors, nurses, politicians and people like you were in attendance. Actually one of our own students from ESH was in attendance. He informed my class of this destructive epidemic that won't go away. I leave you with a few questions to think about as we take notice of this unforgiving disease. Can AIDS be brought under control? and What are the effective interventions to prevent HIV/AIDS?
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