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It is a joy to learn, that not only developmental agencies such as the Globalfund, WHO, and the likes, are pooling for funds to combat AIDS. Fashion industry has been joining the bandwagon for quite some time now. In a recently concluded amfAR New York Gala last Feb 11, it honoured individuals who have made outstanding contributions to raise awareness about the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
The amfAR New York Gala has been one of New York City’s most successful and high-profile AIDS benefits since 1998 and consistently attracts and salutes some of the biggest names in entertainment, fashion, art, and AIDS advocacy. To date, the amfAR New York Gala has raised more than $15 million for amfAR’s life-saving research (averagesocialite.com).
On the other hand, it is keen to reckon that people with HIV who are not receiving antiretroviral treatment, can become ill with active TB disease within weeks to months, rather than the normal years to decades. Hence, a co-infection. The late Nelson Mandela, once president of South Africa where infection of HIV/AIDS is massive, corroborated this when he said:
“We cannot win the battle against AIDS if we do not also fight TB. TB is too often a death sentence for people with AIDS." (tbfacts.org)
We also have to be reminded that HIV/AIDS and MALARIA along with TB are all, not only “preventable”, yet if plagued, are likewise “curable”. Hence, there is this one million dollar question that constantly disturbed me; that if these diseases are veritably “preventable” and “curable”, why it is in greatest irony that the numbers of victims continue to escalate? Moreover, why these afflictions predominantly happen in developing nations? Pursuant to the reported figures of sufferer, do you think it is high time for the Philippines, to embrace the “Condom Culture”?
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