Newsletter 80.2 - AIDS Pre-Campaign

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

IPSF PUBLIC

HEALTH EDITION

HIV/AIDS AWARENESS PRE-CAMPAIGN NEWSLETTER STOP AIDS MAKE THE PROMISE

WORLD AIDS DAY 2010 STOP AIDS

MAKE THE PROMISE

For the 22nd +me, World AIDS Day will be held on 1st December 2010. The World Health Organiza+on, WHO, dedicated this day to raising awareness of HIV and AIDS in 1987 and the first World AIDS Day was held in 1988.

International Pharmaceutical Students’ Federation

WORLD AIDS DAY CAMPAIGN 2009TURKEY

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FACTS ON HIV AND AIDS •

Since 1981 more than 25 million people have died of AIDS

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In 2008, 2.7 million people worldwide were newly infected with HIV

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In the same year, about 2 million people died from AIDS-­‐ related illnesses

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Worldwide there are about 2.1 million children living with HIV, and a total of 33.4 million people in total. Out of those, 5.4 million young people from 15 to 24 years old are living with HIV

World AIDS Day 2009Nigeria

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There is about one new infec+on every 10 seconds

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In Africa there are about 12 million orphans who lost their parents due to AIDS

know the importance of its preven+on/ therapies; hence, we are in the perfect posi+on to provide counseling and help to our pa+ents. Only by sharing this knowledge can we really help other people.

Why do WE need to get involved?

We as pharmacy students and young pharmacists, are in the posi+on of being health care providers who are in primary contact with our pa+ents. We have the knowledge of how HIV and AIDS spreads and we

WORLD AIDS DAY 2009Spain

When we spread the knowledge among people, we can draw more and more aSen+on to the effects of HIV. This newsleSer aims to provide you with some ideas on how to run your own campaign, how to spread all the knowledge you’ve gained on the condi+on and how to improve the situa+on regarding HIV and AIDS. As well, you can find ideas for planning a successful campaign and useful links at the end of this newsleSer.

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WORLD AIDS DAY 2009TAIWAN

STIGMATIZATION does not help anybody.

Awareness does.

Left: World AIDS Day 2009Taiwan Below: World AIDS Day 2009- Spain

Ideas for the Campaign •

Wear the red ribbons, and mo+vate others to do the same

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Sell those red ribbons to raise money which could be spent to your na+onal AIDS fund

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Set up an informa+on desk with material-­‐ flyers, posters, guidelines of HIV treatment inside the mall or other public places

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Invite HIV posi+ve pa+ents to come to you faculty to carry out a workshop about HIV

Organise an event where all students wear red t-­‐ shirts and make a big human ribbon

o Students can learn about HIV from the pa+ents’ point of view

Organise a charity run in which students wear white T-­‐shirts and red ribbons

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Organise a condom exhibi+on at the university hall to draw aSen+on to the campaign

Collaborate with other local or na+onal health organiza+ons

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Organize a fundraiser for local/na+onal/ interna+onal HIV/AIDS organiza+ons

Ask a condom company to donate condoms and give them away to the students to inform them about ways that HIV can be transmiSed

o For example, the LiSle Travellers’ HIV/AIDS Ini+a+ve (hSp://www.liSletravellers.net/)

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Last but not least...

WORLD AIDS DAY

The World AIDS Day is on the 1st of December, but if you don’t have the chance to organize a campaign on that day, you can s+ll have ac+vi+es on other days around the year. AIDS is not a disease which should be forgoSen during the other months, so spread awareness whenever it is possible!!!

Useful links that can help you by organizing your campaign

www.who.int/hiv/en/ www.ipsf.org/HIV_AIDS.php www.unaids.org www.worldaidsday.org www.icw.org www.plusve.org

Whenever you hold a campaign, make sure that you write an ac+vity report and share your experience with other IPSF members!

Whenever you come to the point where you need more informa+on, ideas or resources, please contact: Sharon Leung, Chairperson of Public Health at publichealth@ipsf.org or Johanna Walz, HIV/AIDS Coordinator at hivaids@ipsf.org Good luck with your campaigns!

World AIDS Day 2009Indonesia Top: WORLD AIDS DAY 2009-­‐ Croa6a Bo8om: WORLD AIDS DAY 2009-­‐ Turkey

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