Eliminate HIV/AIDSReanon Sandlin

Combating HIV/AIDS

There were 34 million people living with HIV/AIDS

in 2010. 2.7 of these people were newly infected

that year. This unfortunate virus and disease is

completely curable even without a medicine that

can cure it.

Project 2015

Conditions in Ukraine

Ukraine

2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

HIV/AIDS Cases 8,756

10,009

12,491

13,770

16,078

17,669

19,732

22,856

25,644

28,346

Percentage of Increase 14% 25% 10% 17% 10% 12% 16% 12% 11%

Projected 2% Increase

28,913

29,491

30,081

30,683

Steps to achieve our goal

• Education can help prevent new infections by providing people with information about HIV and how it is passed on, and in doing so equip individuals with the knowledge to protect themselves from becoming infected with the virus.

Education

• CDC recommends that all Americans between the ages of 13-64 be tested for HIV at least once as part of regular medical care.

Testing

• HIV counseling and testing are fundamental for HIV prevention. People living with HIV are less likely to transmit the virus to others if they know they are infected and if they have received counseling about safer behavior.

Prevention

Support the Solution

An effective response requires strategic planning based on good

quality science and surveillance, as well as consideration of local

society and culture. All sectors of the population should be actively

involved in the response, including employers, religious groups, non-

governmental organizations and HIV-positive people. Many of the

world's most successful HIV prevention efforts have been led by the

affected communities themselves.

Appendix 1

Join our fight against AIDS. (n.d.). Retrieved from UNICEFUSA: http://www.unicefusa.org/work/hivaids/?

gclid=COTj35XQq64CFYFgTAodZ3HXRw

Where do we Stand? (n.d.). Retrieved from United Nations Development Programme:

http://www.beta.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/mdgoverview/mdg_goals/mdg6/where_do_we_stand.html