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World AIDS Day being observed today

NepalKhoj Report 1 Dec, 2020

Today is the World AIDS day. On this day, the World Health Organization (WHO) is calling global leaders and citizens for “global solidarity” to ensure continued provision of HIV services for children, adolescents and population most at risk from the disease. 

According to WHO, researchers are currently investigating on whether people with HIV can have an increased risk of poor outcomes with COVID-19.

The World AIDS Day is celebrated to spread awareness about the virus.

HIV is a virus that attacks cells in the immune system (the body’s natural defence against illness).

The theme of the World AIDS Day 2020 is “Global solidarity, resilient services”.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, HIV prevention, testing and treatment  activities are all being disrupted worldwide particularly in countries where healthcare infrastructure is weak.

According to the World Health Organisation, the “breakdown in essential HIV services due to COVID-19 is threatening lives”.

“We must fight on with passion and we must keep human rights at the centre of our societies and of our health systems, or we will not end the HIV epidemic,” Executive Director of UNAIDS said in her message during the World AIDS Day.

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