World AIDS Day India
This year, World AIDS Campaign, Wake Up Pune campaign and the Naz Foundation (India) Trust (Naz India), with the support of UNFPA and Aids Fonds, organised events in two cities in India: Pune and New Delhi for World AIDS Day. These events marked the finale of a World AIDS Day commemorartion that began earlier in the year. The events focused on young people as leaders and increasing awareness around HIV and AIDS.
Approximately 2.5 million people were living with HIV in India in 2006. Whilst almost 25% of the country’s population is between the ages of 15-29 years, this age group accounts for 31% of people living with HIV, demonstrating that young people are at particularly high risk of contracting HIV. To face this risk and turn around the epidemic, young people must be encouraged and supported to take leadership roles within their communities.
Here is the landing page for information and resources relating to 2008 World AIDS Day events in India. Below you can find out more information about what happened during the World AIDS Day commeration in India.
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To learn more about this initiative, please download the below concept paper.
For more information on these events, please visit the Wake Up Pune and Naz Foundation websites
WAD Events - India
This year’s events organised by the World AIDS Campaign, Wake Up Pune campaign and the Naz Foundation (India) Trust (Naz India), with the support of UNFPA and Aids Fonds intend to focus on young people as leaders in the HIV field and seek to increase awareness around HIV and AIDS within India. The events will take note of the effects that HIV has on the population (particularly young people), stigma and discrimination, youth rights and needs regarding HIV and AIDS, as well as highlight the importance of young people being actively involved in the HIV and AIDS response. They will focus on accountability, calling upon leaders to keep their promises to stop AIDS - specifically fulfilling commitments on universal access to prevention, treatment, care and support for young people by 2010.
Resources
Within this section, you will find resources that you can use during your World AIDS Day India events. Please check back as we will continue to update this section!!
Media
Within this section you will find media-related information on the events happening in India around World AIDS Day.
Events in the build up to WAD
Many events, such as college fairs and a condom cricket tournament have already taken place in India in the lead up to World AIDS Day. Within this section you will find reports on these events.
SMS PLEDGE CAMPAIGN INDIA
Thank you to all of those who particpated in the World AIDS Day SMS pledge initative in India! The campaign is now closed. Updates on the results of the pledge initative will be coming soon!
