AHF Marks World AIDS Day 2012

From Argentina to South Africa and from Eastern Europe to rural Nepal, AIDS Healthcare Foundation is marking World AIDS Day by testing thousands of people and encouraging citizens of the world to Keep The Promise of doing all they can to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS in their country

(DECEMBER 1, 2012) – AIDS Healthcare Foundation has come to be a global leader in the fight against the HIV/AIDS epidemic around the world. Opening new clinics and forging new partnerships in more and more countries every year, AHF currently works in nearly every region of the world, providing access to free HIV testing and treatment for those living with the virus, as well as distributing condoms to increase prevention efforts and educating people about HIV and proper condom use.

Be it an attempt at a Guinness World Record for most people tested in one day in AHF’s newest partner country of Argentina, a rousing march and rally through Sierra Leone’s capital city of Freetown, HIV debates held among students in Nigerian high schools, a multitude of HIV testing centers throughout Cambodian provinces, or simultaneous testing in 15 cities throughout the Ukraine, AHF is using World AIDS Day 2012 as a fulcrum around which the entire world can gather to make an impact on the spread of HIV/AIDS. For a complete list of all AHF-supported World AIDS Day events in 20 countries worldwide, please see the attached PDF document.

“Attempting a Guinness World Record on HIV Testing has been reserved to Rosario this year, but this may provide the basis for a healthy competition among other countries and cities to achieve even higher records,” Dr. Patricia Campos, AHF´s Bureau Chief for Latin America, said of AHF Argentina's major World AIDS Day event.

Photograph: Altaf Qadri/AP Volunteers of AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) in India, stand next to a long stretch of a red ribbon attached with post cards, written mostly by people living with HIV, and addressed to the Indian Health Ministry, on the eve of World AIDS Day, in New Delhi, India, Friday, Nov. 30, 2012. FUENTE: AIDS Healthcare Foundation                  From: community@aidshealth.org