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World AIDS Day Is Here!

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    World AIDS Day (WAD) 1 ST December 2019: We shall arrange the Nature Network Venue to display materials in form of Information, Education and Communication (IEC) on HIV Prevention. The aim of the event is not only to mainstream HIV Prevention themes in our activities but to raise consciousness about vulnerabilities and susceptibilities to HIV. We hope to invite different participants to the fair.

This World AIDS Day, make human rights the priority says Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network

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Canadian HIV/AIDS Lega Network/ Reseau Jiridque Canadien This Sunday, December 1 st , is World AIDS Day  — a day when we pause to remember those we have lost, to honour those living with HIV, to celebrate those who continue to advocate for justice and health, and to call on governments to fulfill the commitments they’ve made to some of society’s most marginalized people. The Legal Network has spent years advocating for the human rights of people living with or at risk of HIV and AIDS.  This World AIDS Day, we renew our call for the Government of Canada to do more.  We need them to acknowledge the intersection of health and human rights — and to follow through with the commitments they’ve already made. We’ve already been in touch with the new government on these commitments and many more,  making human rights the priority. HIV Funding Among the commitments made by the Government of Canada is the long-promised HIV funding that was meant to help end HIV as a public health threat. Wh