Today is a very important day in world health. December 1st is World Aids Day and each year is dedicated to a different theme. This year’s theme is “Stop AIDS; Keep the Promise – Accountability” and you can find out more about how the theme is chosen and who chooses it on avert.org
Irish television viewers will see a “high-profile television campaign warning about the rise of the Aids pandemic in Ireland” over the next few months and that may hopefully encourage people to get tested and improve awareness of the disease according to breakingnews.ie.
Some charities would prefer a softly-softly approach because the viewing public has become immune to distressing scenes but I can’t bear to hear the opening score of the following drink driving advert because of how it ends.
If you’re wondering, bloggers all over the world are talking about AIDS. Get into the conversation and make a difference.
It’s also my birthday today, and in a selfish sort of way, I wish they’d picked another day to raise awareness of AIDS! It’s a bit of a downer hearing about the AIDS epidemic in the media on my birthday, each and every year on this day. I guess the message is getting through, somewhere, hopefully.
Happy birthday!!!
Thank you for raising my conscience a little in the short time I have known you, and happy annual celebration of your life!
Happy birthday for yesterday! Hope all’s well. The missus is over in Cork this weekend, but we’ll both be over this Christmas, so maybe you can try to teach me how to take photographs again. BTW, Say no to the GUID! (wordpress.railuk.com)