April 1 is the day to fight AIDS. World aids day

The key event of the action was the Stop AIDS Together student forum, which opened in the capital. According to the head of the Ministry of Healthcare Veronika Skvortsova, out of 37 million HIV-infected people, 900 thousand live in our country. And in order to overcome the disease, you need information, timely treatment and understanding that this diagnosis is not a sentence.

Everyone has heard about this virus. But does everyone know that they are not sick? Several hundred students from different universities and officials came to RUDN to talk about HIV and how it can be stopped.

“If you find out that you are HIV-positive, you can get free treatment with the most modern drugs recommended by leading international organizations. This treatment virtually eliminates the viral load, allows people to live happily ever after, so it is important to find out about the infection as early as possible, ”said Russian Health Minister Veronika Skvortsova.

“All-Russian action“ Stop HIV / AIDS ”finds a lively response among young people. Literally in all corners of our country, the guys post the hashtag of the # StopWichSpeed ​​campaign, discuss with their friends the importance of the problem, the need for testing. Today it is important to know about this problem. It is important to know in order to live, ”said Svetlana Medvedeva, Chair of the Organizing Committee of the Stop HIV / AIDS All-Russian Action.

It is important to know: HIV is not a sentence. Taking therapy, a person with the immunodeficiency virus can now live for decades and not infect their loved ones. On the streets, in enterprises, organizing flash mobs, filming social videos and calling for an HIV test, not only doctors are now talking about it - those who have been personally affected, hoping that there will be fewer new cases of infection.

“There is a difference in attitudes towards HIV infection in different generations. And, unfortunately, the stereotype that this is the destiny of only risk groups still exists, ”says Anzhelika Podymova, chief physician of the regional center for the prevention and treatment of HIV infection in the Sverdlovsk region.

Scientists have not yet invented a vaccine against the immunodeficiency virus. And therefore, information is still the main weapon against this plague.

There is an opportunity for schoolchildren to ask questions that worry them about the immunodeficiency virus and learn more about it. For example, that HIV is not transmitted through handshake, insect bites, shared utensils and airborne droplets.

“They also very often ask if it really is a fatal disease, and some ask if it really exists,” says Alevtina Kiseleva, a member of the All-Russian movement “Volunteers-doctors”.

When Yura recently admitted that he has been living with HIV since birth, not all his friends and classmates believed him. But the young man says: he is tired of hearing that the immunodeficiency virus is a fiction. After all, the life of HIV-positive people depends on whether they are taking therapy.

"As one guy said, 'I've never seen them." I asked, "How would you react if you met such a person?" He replied: “I would run away,” says Yuri.

An affair with HIV has been living for 20 years. Observation by a doctor and medications - allow you to work, to tell how difficult it is to determine by eye whether a person has an immunodeficiency virus or not. Seeing Roman on stage - the guests of the forum at RUDN University - did not immediately believe - in front of them - not an actor.

“Always the first reaction is alertness. Even if a person smiles at you, you feel that he internally shuddered at the news, ”notes Roman.

Doctors now need only 10 minutes to determine if there is an immunodeficiency virus in the blood or saliva? This analysis can be submitted anonymously. And in the last year alone, according to the Ministry of Health, more than 32 million people have decided on it.

“In 80 percent, HIV infection in the early stages does not manifest itself in any way. There are no clinical symptoms for which specialists or a person himself could suspect. And it is very important that they come and regularly find out their HIV status for themselves, ”explained Olga Misak, doctor, head of the prevention department of the Khabarovsk Regional ANTIAIDS Center.

It is important not to be afraid, it is important to know, doctors are sure! Indeed, sometimes the price of these minutes spent on the test for a person can be his own health or the life of loved ones.

World AIDS Day was first celebrated on December 1, 1988, following a call for social tolerance and increased sharing of information on HIV / AIDS at a meeting of ministers of health from all countries.

World Day, celebrated annually on December 1, serves to strengthen organized efforts to combat the HIV and AIDS pandemic spreading across all regions of the world. Organized efforts are aimed at strengthening public support for programs to prevent the spread of HIV / AIDS, organizing training and providing information on all aspects of HIV / AIDS. Realizing the ever-increasing complexities associated with the HIV / AIDS pandemic, the UN formed in 1996 an alliance of six global organizations.

Called the United Nations Joint Program on HIV / AIDS (UNAIDS), the program brings together as sponsors of this joint project the United Nations Children's Fund, the United Nations Development Program, the United Nations Population Fund; The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Bank.
UNAIDS supports long-term global HIV and AIDS prevention projects; assists in the fight for human rights regardless of HIV status, assists countries around the world through prevention education, support for HIV / AIDS research and work with programs to expand the international front against HIV / AIDS.

World AIDS Day has become an annual event in most countries. Although December 1 has been designated as the date for the Day, many communities organize a number of events during the weeks and days before and after the official celebration.
World AIDS Day is a major opportunity to raise public awareness of HIV and AIDS, disseminate prevention messages to community groups, improve the quality of care provided to people living with HIV, and combat denial and discrimination.

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Goals:· Strengthening public awareness of the problem of HIV and AIDS; dissemination of preventive information in community groups; commitment to a healthy lifestyle, HIV prevention among young people and vulnerable groups;

Fostering social tolerance and expanding the exchange of information on HIV / AIDS

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Audience for conversation: students in grades 9-11

Goals:

• increasing public awareness of HIV and AIDS;
• dissemination of preventive information in community groups;
• commitment to a healthy lifestyle, HIV prevention among young people and vulnerable groups;
• fostering social tolerance and increasing information exchange on HIV / AIDS

December 1 marks World HIV / AIDS Day, which serves to strengthen the united efforts to fight the HIV epidemic that continues to spread across the planet.

Over the past three decades, the HIV epidemic has turned into a huge pandemic in its scale, which causes great economic damage, destabilizes the socio-political situation in many countries of the world, has a significant negative impact on the rate of economic growth and impedes the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), as in the field of health care, and in other areas. No country has escaped the dire consequences of this truly global epidemic.

Today in the world 34.2 million people are infected with HIV. There are 617,018 people living with HIV in Russia. For 10 months. 2012 revealed 62,865 new cases, which is 12.5% ​​more than last year. Cases of HIV infection have been registered in all constituent entities of the Russian Federation.

The main reason for HIV infection in the country continues to be intravenous drug use with non-sterile instrumentation, accounting for 56.2% of all new cases of infection, heterosexual contacts - 41.4%.

Among HIV-infected people in the Russian Federation, men still predominate - 64%, however, the proportion of women over the past 5 years has been constantly increasing and has now reached 36%, which indicates the active involvement of women of fertile age in the epidemiological process, who are infected mainly through sexual contact and not related to risk groups.

The number of deaths among people living with HIV is on the rise. Over the entire period of the epidemic, 125,557 HIV-infected people died in the Russian Federation. For 10 months of this year, HIV-infected people died by 14% more than in the same period last year.

The most alarming situation has developed with the spread of HIV infection in the age group of 30-40 years old, the share of which in 2011 was 42.1% of the total number of HIV-infected.

The number of cases of infection in the age group of 40-50 years is growing (from 2.4% in 2001 to 11.5 in 2011 0.9% (551 people) of new HIV infections were detected in people aged 60-70 years, 0 , 3% (156 people) over the age of 70.

On the territory of the Kaluga region from the date of registration on January 1, 1989. to September 30, 2012 2264 cases of HIV infection were registered (of which 1933 were residents of the Kaluga region, 297 foreign citizens and stateless persons, 320 people identified in the region are registered in other constituent entities of the Russian Federation, 348 people were identified anonymously). Died 385 patients with HIV / AIDS, incl. 117 citizens are residents of the region.

World AIDS Day 2012 is celebrated under the motto: Towards zero - zero new infections, zero discrimination and zero AIDS-related deaths.

The UN-sponsored campaign Towards Zero will continue until 2015.

The concept of World AIDS Day 2012 implies the achievement of specific goals set for 2015:

Halving the rate of sexual transmission of HIV;

Eliminating vertical transmission of HIV and halving AIDS-related maternal mortality;

Preventing new HIV infections among people who use drugs;

Ensuring universal access to antiretroviral therapy for people living with HIV;

Halving deaths due to tuberculosis among people living with HIV.

Since 2006, measures to prevent HIV infection in the Kaluga Region have been carried out within the framework of the national project "Health" and the implementation of activities of the Departmental Target Program "No AIDS". Monitoring of the implementation of the national project "Health" is being carried out. Indicative indicators of VTsP "AIDS-no" correspond to the specified parameters.

The recently increased understanding of the importance of the HIV / AIDS problem and the need to take serious and urgent measures have led to real action to combat the HIV epidemic, both globally and at the country level.

In June 2011, at the 65th session of the UN General Assembly, the “Political Declaration on HIV / AIDS: Intensifying Efforts to Eliminate HIV / AIDS” was signed, confirming the readiness to achieve the commitments formulated in the Millennium Declaration - Goal No. AIDS and initiate a downward trend in morbidity ": the motto of World AIDS Day 2012. Towards zero - zero new infections, zero discrimination and zero AIDS-related deaths.

As far as our country is concerned, when assessing the current HIV / AIDS epidemic, it should be noted that there has been significant progress recently in the response to the HIV / AIDS epidemic, and here the main instrument is undoubtedly the priority national health project.

At the same time, effective counteraction to the HIV epidemic and a decrease in the number of new HIV infections can be achieved only through broad, comprehensive and targeted preventive measures.

Actively spreading knowledge about HIV is the first and most important step towards preventing the spread of the virus. It is for this purpose that events aimed at preventing HIV infection are organized within the framework of World AIDS Day. These include round tables, briefings and press conferences for the media, festivals of volunteer groups working on HIV prevention, lectures, talks, campaigns on adherence to a healthy lifestyle, HIV prevention among young people and vulnerable groups, seminars, trainings for middle school students. and higher educational institutions, exhibitions of wall newspapers, posters, drawings on the problem of HIV infection and other events.

About World AIDS Day

World AIDS Day was first celebrated on December 1, 1988, following a call for social tolerance and increased sharing of information on HIV / AIDS at a meeting of ministers of health from all countries.

World Day, celebrated annually on December 1, serves to strengthen organized efforts to combat the HIV and AIDS pandemic spreading across all regions of the world.

Organized efforts are aimed at strengthening public support for programs to prevent the spread of HIV / AIDS, organizing training and providing information on all aspects of HIV / AIDS. Realizing the ever-increasing complexities associated with the HIV / AIDS pandemic, the UN formed in 1996 an alliance of six global organizations. Called the United Nations Joint Program on HIV / AIDS (UNAIDS), the program brings together as sponsors of this joint project the United Nations Children's Fund, the United Nations Development Program, the United Nations Population Fund; The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Bank. UNAIDS supports long-term global HIV and AIDS prevention projects; assists in the fight for human rights regardless of HIV status, assists countries around the world through prevention education, support for HIV / AIDS research and work with programs to expand the international front against HIV / AIDS.

World AIDS Day has become an annual event in most countries. Although December 1 has been designated as the date for AIDS Day, many communities organize a number of events during the weeks and days before and after the official celebration.

World AIDS Day is a major opportunity to raise public awareness of HIV and AIDS, disseminate prevention messages to community groups, improve the quality of care provided to people living with HIV, and combat denial and discrimination.

This is an opportunity to show solidarity with the 33 million people living with HIV and AIDS today and to remember the millions who have already died. Celebrating World AIDS Day can also help raise funds for HIV / AIDS programs.

Some of the types of events traditionally organized around World AIDS Day are:

demonstrations and processions with candles;

theatrical performances, including mobile theater performances;

poetry readings;

public discussions;

art exhibitions;

marathon races, bicycle races;

poster contests;

preventive campaigns in print;

media briefings and seminars;

concerts with the participation of cultural stars;

sports competitions among outstanding athletes.

In the Stavropol Territory, a total of 1260 HIV-infected local residents were registered from 1987 to October 2012, 256 of them died. In comparison with other constituent entities of the Russian Federation, today the epidemic situation in the Stavropol Territory is assessed as relatively favorable. There are 35.3 HIV infected per 100 thousand people in the region, which is more than three times lower than the average level in the Southern Federal District and the North Caucasus Federal District and 12.5 times lower than in Russia, ”says Inna Vergunova.

Previously, a terrible virus was brought to the region, that is, immunodeficiency was detected, mainly in migrants, foreign citizens, seasonal workers, homeless people. But in recent years, HIV has taken root in the region and doctors have begun to identify more and more infected Stavropol residents. Thus, over the past 10 years, the incidence of HIV infection among residents of the region has increased 2.6 times compared to 2002. In 2002, 52 residents of Stavropol were registered with doctors diagnosed with HIV, and for 9 months of 2012, 147 new cases have already been registered.

According to doctors, HIV-infected people are now registered in every district of the Stavropol Territory. The most affected territories are Essentuki, Georgievsk, Predgorny and Sovetsky districts - here the prevalence of HIV infection is 33 - 77% higher than the average regional level.

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Every year on December 1, World AIDS Day is celebrated, adopted in 1988. This day is not a public holiday, but for everyone who is actively fighting the fatal syndrome, it is a very important and serious date. The event does not bear the character of a grandiose holiday, since this day is dedicated not only to preventive measures, but also to the memory of the victims of a dangerous disease.

What is AIDS?

AIDS is a progressive viral disease that makes the body vulnerable to serious infections. For the first time, the deadly virus was registered on June 5, 1981 by scientists from America. Despite the fact that more than 30 years have passed, no one has yet succeeded in defeating the disease. Unfortunately, AIDS in Russia already has the character of an epidemic and the only way to protect oneself is to carefully implement all preventive measures. Anyone can be screened for AIDS; it is compulsory that an analysis to determine the virus is taken by pregnant women and persons who are to undergo surgery.

AIDS is spreading with catastrophic progression and today the number of cases has reached 52 million. The immunodeficiency virus affects both asocial persons and those who have become infected due to their own negligence. Most of the sick is the working-age population under 50. The World AIDS Day is dedicated to the fight against this epidemic, reminding that a dangerous disease is always somewhere nearby.

The history of the appearance of the holiday

The idea to celebrate AIDS Day belongs to the staff of the World Health Organization James Bunnon and Thomas Netter. The proposal was announced in 1987 and came into force in 1988.

Why is AIDS Day held on December 1st? The Americans held elections this year, which were actively discussed in the media and fed up with the order of citizens. The public wanted new events, so the success of AIDS Day was guaranteed.

Initially, on December 1, special attention was paid to working with young people and the younger generation. But, since the disease spread around the world at an astronomical speed, it was decided to bring maximum information to representatives of all ages. Indeed, as numerous studies have shown, not all adults have an accurate understanding of AIDS and measures to prevent it.

In 1996, the United Nations HIV / AIDS Organization (UNAIDS) was organized to fight AIDS and was entrusted with the coordination and planning of this special date. There is also a representative office of this organization in Russia.

Traditions

On the Day of Fight Against AIDS, December 1, thematic seminars, lectures, all kinds of actions and exhibitions are organized, the task of which is to convey to the society the whole globality and seriousness of the problem. The organizers are charitable foundations, research and scientific centers, social movements. By visiting these events, you will learn all the truth and myths about the disease, the ways of its transmission and, most importantly, prevention. Also, the organizers are faced with the task of building loyalty to all AIDS patients, for whom the diagnosis should not become a reason to be excluded from society.

A special place on this day is occupied by educational work in educational institutions. Specialists provide the younger generation with maximum information about the disease, focusing on the mandatory use of high-quality contraceptives. Students are involved in the production of thematic wall newspapers, posters, presentations.

In many large cities on December 1, you can observe mobile stations for blood sampling, where everyone can take a rapid HIV test. Often, promotions are organized for the free distribution of contraceptives. And even if this is only a small fraction of what can be done in order to prevent the spread of the disease, all this will certainly help someone and make them think.

On World AIDS Day, television broadcasts dedicated to this global problem of all mankind television programs, documentaries, talk shows. Active participation in the fight against the plague of the 20-21 century. are hosted by show business stars and media personalities. Music videos and videos focusing on the problem are being shot on the topic of AIDS. Many charitable foundations regularly allocate grants for research activities aimed at finding new effective measures to combat AIDS. At conferences, scientists share their valuable experience and new progressive discoveries.

Holiday symbol

The symbol of the fight against AIDS has become a red ribbon, which today can be seen on all information carriers related to the disease. The attribute of understanding and support for all AIDS patients appeared in 1991 based on a sketch by the American artist Frank Moore. The man got this idea as a result of observing a neighbor's family who donned yellow ribbons as a symbol of hope for the return of their daughter, a soldier from the Persian Gulf. Frank Moore suggested that such a ribbon, only red, could become a symbol of the fight against the disease and voiced his idea to the group "Visual AIDS", consisting of professional artists.

The artist's idea was approved and at the 45th Tony Awards, held on June 2, 2000, a red ribbon resembling an inverted English letter "V" became the official symbol of the fight against AIDS. All those present at the event put on this memorable attribute, launching a worldwide action of memory and confrontation. The laconic red ribbon very quickly earned its popularity, they wear it not only on December 1, but also at all events where the topic of AIDS is relevant.

Why celebrate the day of HIV / AIDS that claimed millions of lives? We don't celebrate cancer day, smallpox day.

AIDS - acquired immunodeficiency syndrome caused by HIV has been identified doctors only in 1981 year though. Already in 1910 HIV was successfully doing its dirty work among blacks and monkeys in central Africa. Why did it take so long to realize that HIV is so dangerous for humanity? And what is so special about him that there is so much attention to this AIDS?

The history of AIDS reflects a person as a part of all life on Earth, how people understand what disease is, what a condition that causes pain in the human body and how society reacts when a lot of people get sick.

The virus that causes AIDS is called HIV (), it is a retrovirus, p.h. it is not like other viruses. 2 years before the discovery of AIDS, scientists did not believe at all that retroviruses could cause illness in humans ( naive ;-)).

AIDS caused particular horror. In the beginning, he struck a large group of young, healthy, active, life-loving "special" men.

A heap of condemnation fell upon these people, people called this disease a blue plague, God's punishment (although they themselves sinned no less).

Those. AIDS revealed the depravity of society in relation to a sick, unhappy person, i.e. instead of compassion, participation, support, it subjected them to ridicule, injections, harassment, stigma and discrimination.

For a long time, HIV has not left Africa, affecting Africans and chimpanzees. The disease was not easy to identify because it has a very long latent incubation period, i.e. several decades can pass without any visible signs.

HIV can only be transmitted through,. In addition, those whose profession is associated with causing damage to the skin, mucous membranes (surgeons, dentists, nail technicians, tattooists, etc.) can become infected themselves and transmit the virus to others.

The first who suspected the emergence of a new disease were doctors who provided medical care to gay men from the gay communities of major US cities, especially Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York.

The attention of these doctors drew the fact that perfectly healthy young people began to get sick. pneumonia, which was sick very sick people, for example, those who underwent organ transplantation (because they were injected with drugs that suppress the immune system, so that the organs take root). Other young people were sick cancer (Kaposi's sarcoma), which only affected older people from the Mediterranean region.

When there were a lot of these unusual cases, doctors June 5, 1981 of the year was published, which was read by doctors in the United States and around the world. And then the rest of the doctors, on the basis of the presented manifestations and symptoms, began to diagnose AIDS.

First publication on AIDS.

In the early 1980s, medical researchers worked around the clock to determine the cause of AIDS and develop a test to identify HIV-positive people in gay communities in the United States and elsewhere. In 1982, Larry Kramer and his friends in New York founded a gay crisis center, Bobby Campbell with AIDS in San Francisco started a support group for people with Kaposi's sarcoma, one of the opportunistic cancers that develop with AIDS.

In 1983, Campbell and other activists met in Denver, Colorado to empower and empower people with AIDS. They issued The Denver Principles, demanding that they be treated NOT as patients, but as “people living with AIDS” (PWA, now called PLWHA - People Living with HIV). In addition, they urged the inclusion of PLWHA in all government and medical committees dealing with the AIDS epidemic at all levels to inform the public that

PLWHA do not pose a threat to society, but practice safe sex practices and inform all partners about their health status.

Soon, similar groups of activists formed around the world. Their activities ranged from supporting patients at the political level, to get the government to fund AIDS research and patient care programs, to personal support for people living with HIV. One of the most highly professional political activist groups is the AIDS Coalition (ACT-UP), which has organized many street actions to raise awareness of AIDS patients. For example, events such as A Day Without Art drew attention to the artists who died of AIDS.

The red ribbon is a symbol of the fight against HIV / AIDS.

V 1991 A year ago, an organization called Visual AIDS in New York created a simple visual symbol that allowed people to show their support in the fight against AIDS: red ribbon... The color red was chosen because of its "connection with blood and passion - not only anger, but also love ...". The symbol is a 15 cm long strip of ribbon rolled on top in an inverted V-shape and attached to clothing with the inscription “HIV and AIDS”. In the 1991 Tony Awards for American Theater, guests and speakers were adorned with red ribbons. The red ribbon quickly became internationally recognized as a symbol of the fight against AIDS. She also became a model of the style, which was followed by ribbons of different colors that represent symbols of other diseases, such as black for melanoma, pink for breast cancer, white for bone cancer, etc.

V 1987 year, two public information officers in the WHO Global AIDS Program proposed the creation of one day a year to raise public awareness on AIDS prevention.

2019 AIDS Day theme

Communities are uniquely positioned to respond appropriately to HIV / AIDS.

The theme for World AIDS Day this year is "Communities are Power."

The celebration of World AIDS Day on 1 December 2019 is an important opportunity to recognize the significant role that communities have played and continue to play in the AIDS response at the international, national and local levels.

Communities contribute to the AIDS response in a variety of ways. Their leadership and outreach work ensures a timely and informed response, keeping the individual in the center and leaving no one behind. Communities include peer educators, networks of people living with or affected by HIV such as men who have sex with men, people who inject drugs and intimate business workers, women and young people, counselors, health workers, non-profit organizations.

World AIDS Day offers an important platform for highlighting the role of communities at a time when cuts in funding and space for civil society threaten prevention efforts. Greater community mobilization is urgently required to remove barriers that prevent communities from delivering services, including restrictions on registration and lack of social contract clauses. The strong educational role played by communities is needed more than ever to ensure that AIDS remains on the political agenda, that human rights are respected, and that decision-makers and implementers are held accountable.

Of the 37.9 million people living with HIV, at the end of 2018, 79% were tested, 62% received treatment, and 53% achieved suppression of the HIV virus to an undetectable level at which infection is impossible. This success has been facilitated by thousands of public health workers and members of HIV and key populations NGOs, many of whom are living with HIV or affected by the epidemic.

World leaders recognized the important role that communities play in the fight against AIDS and health for all in the first-ever UN Declaration on Universal Health Coverage and the Global Plan of Action for Healthy Lives and Well-being for All, endorsed by Member States in September 2019

On World AIDS Day 2019, WHO is highlighting the contributions these communities are making to the HIV response while drawing global attention to the need for greater engagement with them to strengthen primary health care.

2018 AIDS Day theme

date December 1 was chosen because it comes after most national and fall holidays, but before Christmas and New Years. Each year a topic is chosen, for example, in the first 4 years there were such topics: “Communication”, “Youth”, “Women and AIDS” and “Sharing the problem”.

In 2018, the theme for World AIDS Day is “Know your HIV status”.

December 1, 2018 marks the 30th anniversary of World AIDS Day. "Guys, we have an anniversary." The AIDS response has made significant progress since 1988, and today millions of people living with HIV are leading healthy and productive lives. But as the latest UNAIDS report shows, we still have goals unattainable. And one of the remaining problems is knowing the HIV status.

HIV testing is essential for reaching as many HIV-infected people as possible and achieving the 90-90-90 goal (90% of the population has been tested for HIV, 90% of HIV-infected people know about their diagnosis, 90% of HIV-infected people needing treatment , get it). It also allows people to use preventative methods to protect themselves and their loved ones.

Many barriers to HIV testing remain and more than 9.4 million people living with HIV (source: UNAIDS) still do not know they are HIV positive. Stigma and discrimination prevent people from getting tested for HIV. Access to confidential HIV testing remains a challenge. Many people are tested only after they feel unwell and appear. This leads to the fact that HIV-positive treatment starts very late, which has a negative effect on the effectiveness of treatment and does not allow the use of prophylaxis. up to this point, the person does not know that he has HIV and cannot take preventive measures to prevent his partner from contracting HIV. At the same time, there are many new opportunities to expand access to HIV testing: self-testing at home, testing in organized groups, and side-by-side testing at the clinic visit help people know their HIV status.

HIV testing programs need to be scaled up. To do this, we need the main political figure in Russia to pay close attention to this and the huge financial injections, as well as the development and large-scale implementation of innovative approaches to HIV testing.

Every year we increase our influence on the transition of epidemics from the crisis zone to the zone of control over it. It also highlights the historic opportunity to accelerate progress towards ending the HIV / AIDS epidemic as a threat to global health. Finally, it highlights the important role of transparency, accountability and partnership in achieving our common goals.

We are on the brink of a historic event where we can really fight back against HIV / AIDS. Today, for the first time in modern history, we have the tools to change the course of a pandemic itself, by controlling it without vaccine or treatment. Epidemic management has laid the foundation for preventing, eliminating or eradicating this disease, which we hope will be made possible by current and future scientific breakthroughs in the development of an effective HIV vaccine and AIDS treatment.

The right to health is the right of everyone to enjoy the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, enshrined in the 1966 International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.

It includes the right of everyone, including people, living with HIV and affected by HIV (now it is so correct to speak) , on the prevention and treatment of illness, making decisions about their own health and treatment with respect for the individual, dignity and without discrimination. All people, regardless of who they are or where they live, have a right to health, which also depends on sanitary living conditions, nutritious food, healthy working conditions and respect for legal rights. We must fight for the right to health with all our might. Without conditions to ensure access to justice, the right to a clean environment, the right to be free from violence, we cannot realize our right to health. The elimination of AIDS as a threat to public health is possible only if these rights are respected worldwide, this is a prerequisite for ensuring the quality and accessibility of medical care.

There are many people in the world who have been denied the right to health. People living with HIV are particularly affected.

The right to health is more than access to quality health care and medicines. It includes a number of important guarantees, including:

• Respect for personality and dignity, non-discrimination.
• Equal rights for men and women.
• Acceptable sanitary living conditions.
• Good nutrition.
• Health education.
• Healthy working conditions.
• Clean environment.
• Security and the right to a fair trial.
• The ability to make decisions about your health.

Without these guarantees, effective prevention of HIV infection, receiving adequate treatment and medical care are impossible.

People with HIV, often from the most marginalized sectors of society, including priestesses of love, gays, drug addicts, prisoners, migrants, etc. Their right to health is often violated in society. People believe that they have no equal rights to free medical care.

The right to health of people living with HIV is violated when:

• They are denied access to health care because of their age, gender, gay orientation or HIV status.
• They are denied the protection of law enforcement agencies.
• They are afraid to use means of protection against sexually transmitted diseases during intimate contacts due to fear of crime.
• They cannot get tested for HIV, because are afraid of stigma and discrimination.

A human rights-based right to health requires a health system that includes four key elements:

• Availability: health care should be available / free for everyone.
• Modernity: health care must have adequate infrastructure and qualified personnel.
• Deontology: the provision of medical services must be accompanied by respect for the individual, non-discrimination, in compliance with medical deontology and medical ethics.
• Quality: all medical care must be of high quality.

The state must adhere to the following basic human rights obligations:

• Respect: do not interfere with a person to exercise their right to health.
• Protection: to protect people from obstacles to the enjoyment of their right to health.
• Efficacy: take appropriate legislative, administrative, budgetary, judicial, informational and other measures to enable everyone to fully realize their right to health, and take measures to actively inform and promote the realization of the right to health.

More recently, the United Nations (UN) established the Joint National AIDS Program (UNAIDS), which has been involved in planning and supporting World AIDS Day. In June 2001, UNAIDS organized the UN General Assembly Special Session on AIDS, the first such special session organized by an international organization dedicated to the disease. Every night during a meeting at the UN building in New York, a neon red ribbon appeared.

Red ribbon on the UN building in New York during the AIDS meeting.