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Wholeheartedly agree on the need to intensify efforts around HIV. My thanks for the letter, which I will read with interest. #WorldAIDSDay twitter.com/YAA_intl/statu…
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Today HIV is an epidemic of the mind. We have to #UpdateHIV and change the name, to end the stigma. Join us on updatehiv.com 
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It's not medicine that's holding us back. We need to update the world on #HIV. During #UNGA, we're advocating to make #HIV a priority again. It's not over yet. Help us #UpdateHIV!
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Serviceplan y Youth Against AIDS lanzan una petición a la OMS para que se cambie el nombre del VIH y así acabar con el estigma bit.ly/3H5M7g2 #VIH #SIDA #SOStenibles #UpdateHIV
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The young people of wrote an open letter to the head of WHO to call for changing the name 'HIV', to change the stigma.
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All this through . How can this medium die? It shouldn't.
#worldAIDSday2022
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Wholeheartedly agree on the need to intensify efforts around HIV. My thanks for the letter, which I will read with interest. #WorldAIDSDay twitter.com/YAA_intl/statu…
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The programs of our initiative thus “focus on bridging that gap through advocacy and health literacy programs that seek to capacitate young women to end the #stigma against their sexuality, and to take charge of their #sexualhealth." - (2/3)
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a truly inspiring speech by at the launch of the Global Alliance to End AIDS among Children! ✊🏿👏🏿🌍💡
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The Archbishop Tutu valued the generosity of the Gates Foundation - so terrific today to host and Gates leadership including Dr Peter Piot to celebrate the progress on and the shared vision of ending #HIV through effective prevention!
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on behalf of the Organisation of 1st ladies at the #Africa launch of the alliance to #endAIDSinchildren emphasising the urgency to challenge religious & cultural practices driving HIV infection in adolescents & children
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We must never forget the pain and despair on seeing multitudes of young people die of an incurable disease whilst life prolonging treatment was available in richer countries in the north - PEPFAR helped to right that wrong and save millions
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Twenty years ago today - @GeorgeWBushJr44 announced the creation of one of the boldest global health endeavors ever undertaken by the US Govt.
It is impossible to overstate the impact that @PEPFAR has had on the global HIV/AIDS Pandemic - saving over 25 million lives.
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Today is #EducationDay!
In 2018, 34 million secondary school-aged #girls in Africa did not have access to secondary education and there is still a huge gap between #sexualeducation and adolescent women, who are most vulnerable and at risk of #HIVinfection! (1/3)
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Excited to be at the #GlobalDigitalHealthForum today and not only learn a lot, but also to meet fellow advocates who are helping to use digital technology to make prevention more accessible to young people. #UpdateHIV
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Great news from #WashingtonDC 🇺🇸
Yesterday had the chance to introduce our current #UpdateHIV campaign to the 🇩🇪 Health Minister . We are excited that key decision makers are so interested in the perspective of youth& willing to contribute to #endHIV!
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Bin sehr dankbar, dass ich heute in #Washington die Gelegenheit hatte, unserem Gesundheitsminister @Karl_Lauterbach unsere aktuelle Kampagne #UpdateHIV vorzustellen und freue mich sehr über die Unterstützung und den Willen, auch praktisch etwas beizutragen. #Danke #WorldAIDSDay
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Why we have to rename #HIV❗️
Our CEO explains in the latest podcast why HIV needs to get back on the global agenda and why we should rename it 💪👇
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“There is still a gap between medical interventions and young people actually using them. And what causes this gap in my opinion is the #stigma and also the unwillingness of services to provide youth friendly services when it comes to sexual health.” #UpdateHIV #youthagainstaids
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Grateful that we were able to deliver our #WorldAIDSDay open letter in person to and in Geneva. Let's give the world an update. #UpdateHIV
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In our open letter we address @DrTedros and call for the renaming of #HIV to end the #stigma. Yesterday, we had the great honor to hand over and discuss our approach with @mdoherty_hiv and her team at the @WHO HQ in Geneva
We are looking forward to an answer.
We are looking forward to an answer.
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HIV/AIDS is far from over. We need to bring it back on the agenda and position it in the center of society 💪🏿 We are convinced: we have to update minds to #endHIV. Learn more and sign our open letter at updatehiv.com
Our open letter in the today👇
#WorldAIDSDay
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Epidemic of the mind?
Our adversary is not a biological virus living in people’s bodies, but our own thoughts and attitudes. For too many, “HIV” means stigma. These three letters carry more than four decades of shame, prejudice and false beliefs. #updateHIV #WorldAIDSDay
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When we change the way we speak, we change the way we think. The term “HIV” is lethal. The virus, now more of a chronic disease, does not need to be. A new name would help the world see HIV as it is today: a global challenge that science, with society, can overcome. #WorldAIDSDay
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#UpdateHIV is a campaign to achieve the fast-track goal of ending the #AIDS epidemic by 2030. It’s possible, but first, we need to update the world. Learn more about our approach on updateHIV.com
Sincerely,
Youth Against AIDS (10/10)
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A new name could help us look to the future, not the past.
When we change the way we speak, we change the way we think. And for us to end the HIV epidemic, that needs to happen.
Let’s change the name. Let’s end the stigma. (9/10)
Please find our open letter to here.
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When we change the way we speak, we change the way we think. The term HIV is lethal. The virus, now more of a chronic disease, does not need to be. A new name would help the world see HIV as it is today: a global challenge that science, together with society, can overcome. (8/10)
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…creates a silence that allows HIV to spread far more easily than it should. A virus is not responsible for this. We are.
To end the epidemic, we need to change how the world views HIV.
That is why we must rename it.
(7/10)
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These three letters carry more than four decades of shame, prejudice and false beliefs. For those living with HIV and those at risk of infection, this stigma acts as a barrier to knowledge, protection, and health care. It stifles conversation surrounding the virus and... (6/10)
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So, if it’s not science and medicine holding us back, what is?
Today, HIV has become an epidemic of the mind. Our adversary is not a biological virus living in people’s bodies, but our own thoughts and attitudes.
For too many, “HIV” means stigma. (5/10)
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The Generation Z, the generation that inherited this epidemic, could be the generation to end it.
The problem is, we’re off track. At the current rates of new infection, we will not end this epidemic – not by 2030. This is a virus we understand, a syndrome we can treat. (4/10)
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The virus became a weapon to divide and discriminate, to moralize and alienate.
The fear of #HIV remains to this day, but our scientific understanding of the virus has advanced to the point that it is possible to end the epidemic by 2030. (3/10)
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We didn’t know how to stop people from dying.
In the darkness of ignorance, fear grows. Over the next decades, as the world was confronted with images of patients with #AIDS suffering through their final moments, the fear of HIV took on a force of its own. (2/10)
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Dear World Citizen,
When the first patients began showing symptoms of the virus that became #HIV, we knew almost nothing. We didn’t know what it was. We didn’t know how it worked, or how it travelled, how to detect it, and above all, how to treat it. (1/10) #WorldAIDSDay
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#UpdateHIV also means Update your mind so please join our friends today, November 30th ahead of #WorldAIDSDay for a webinar on: What can we do to realize health justice?
14:00 CET / 15:00 CAT/ 8:00 UTC-5
Register here:bit.ly/3VCltza
#Equalize #WAD2022
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"Partnering to promote equitable access to lifesaving health tools for all."
In the German #Bundestag we discuss this topic today at the invitation of and .
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Great to see our team succeeding in #SouthAfrica. In this country we have the chance to end the global HIV epidemic in an exemplary way. Thank you for your support and trust. #StrongTogether
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Together with our friends from the National Department for Higher Education & Training we have been working for years to improve the health of youth in #TVETColleges. Besides easy access to condoms, it is about giving young people easy access to awareness, knowledge & services 
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Together with our friends from the National Department for Higher Education & Training we have been working for years to improve the health of youth in #TVETColleges. Besides easy access to condoms, it is about giving young people easy access to awareness, knowledge & services 💪🏿
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Sani bonani - As part of the family we have a special relationship to Germany 🇩🇪 Today we had the great pleasure to visit our friends and presented our current projects. Siya bonga kakhulu for uku thembheka and support ✌🏿
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Thanks to years of #research and innovation, HIV is now treatable and preventable. So why are young people around the world still getting infected with HIV? It doesn't have to continue. One step in the right direction: fully fund ! #FightForWhatCounts #UpdateHIV
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