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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – 19 NOVEMBER 2008 For Eric Sawyer, the late 1980s was a “war time situation”. “People with AIDS were fighting for their lives and for their friends”, says Sawyer, an AIDS activist and co-founder of ACT UP New York. By 1988, seven years after the first case of AIDS was reported, AIDS was causing more deaths in the US then there were in the Vietnam War, and between 5 and 10 million people were estimated to be infected with HIV around the world. Yet governments, media and society in general were not giving AIDS adequate attention. So, “people with AIDS had to literally take to the streets and block traffic and take over government buildings”, Sawyer recalls.
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The latest PCB meeting happened on 2 October in Geneva. This extraordinary meeting was dedicated entirely to the discussion of the next executive director of UNAIDS. To read more about what happened at this meeting, what happens next and what you can do, please click here.
2008 World AIDS Day
The 1st of December, World AIDS Day, is the day when individuals and organisations from around the world come together to bring attention to the global AIDS epidemic. 2008 marks the 20th anniversary of World AIDS Day. Whilst we have come a long ways since 1988, there is still much more to be done.
World AIDS Day 2008 materials are available online. Click here to download resources.
Sorry, the mail version of the World AIDS Day materials are SOLD OUT!!!!!
To begin preparing for World AIDS Day 2008, you can do the following:
- Download World AIDS Day materials for 2008.
- Enter your World AIDS Day event on our INTERNATIONAL WORLD AIDS DAY CALENDAR
- Read more about leadership and why 2008 is the time to LEAD-EMPOWER-DELIVER
- Learn more about events and SMS pledge campaign happening for World AIDS Day in India
- Read about what happened on World AIDS Day in 2007
- Find out about more information about themes and resources for World AIDS Day 2007, 2006 and 2005
- View the campaigners tools available for 2008, 2007 and 2006
Please continue to check back for updates on events and resources. If you would like us to inform you about World AIDS Day updates via email, please sign up here.
Watch leadership pledges now online!
During the 2008 International AIDS Conference in Mexico City, people from around the world made their pledges to stop AIDS. Within this section, you will see some of the pledge videos and photos. We will continue to add more videos, so please check back. To view all of the videos made during the conference, please visit our YouTube site here. If you have a video you'd like to share, please email us at info@worldaidscampaign.org.
