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World AIDS Day
strives for people
to live and let live'
The University is observing
World AIDS Day by hosting
a series of events all day
B y Ali Shaughnessy
Senior News Reporter
Fifteen years ago, an internation
al summit of health ministers gath
ered in a new spirit of social toler
ance and a greater exchange of
information on HIV/AIDS.
Today, hundreds of people are
gathering worldwide to celebrate
one of the products of that summit:
World AIDS Day.
At the University, observance will
begin at 11 a m. today and continue
through 8 tonight. Events include an
art exhibit at the Aperture Gallery on
the EMU Concourse, the film "Pan
demic" showing at 6 p.m. in the Tay
lor Lounge and various guest speak
ers and a musical performance in
the EMU Amphitheater. "Live and
let live" is the slogan for this year's
observance day.
World AIDS Campaign Coordina
tor Andrew Seale said the goal for
World AIDS Day is to eliminate stig
ma and discrimination against those
infected with HIV/AIDS.
"HIV stigma and fear of discrimi
nation prevents people living with
HIV from acknowledging their HIV
status publicly," he said. "The stigma
attached to HIV/AIDS may extend
into the next generation, placing an
emotional burden on children who
may also be trying to cope with
death of their parents from AIDS."
In 1996, UNAIDS — the Joint
United Nations Program on
HIV/AIDS — formed in recognition
of the growing complexities of the
HIV/AIDS global epidemic.
"Freedom from discrimination is a
fundamental human right founded
on principles of natural justice that
are universal and perpetual," an UN
A1DS spokesman said. "The basic
characteristics of human rights are
that they are inherent in individuals
because they are human, and that
they apply to people everywhere."
In a report released Nov. 18, UN
AIDS reported 42 million people
worldwide are living with
HIV/AIDS, and 5 million people
were infected in 2002. There were
also 3.1 million deaths from AIDS
complications in 2002.
In North America, 980,000 adults
and children are living with
IIIV/AIDS, and 45,000 of those were
infected in 2002. The main modes
of transmission for adults living
with HIV/AIDS in North America
are sexual transmission among het
erosexuals, transmission through in
travenous drug use and sexual trans
mission among gay men.
UNAIDS Executive Director Peter
Piot said in a statement that based
on current trends, AIDS may kill
tens of millions of people during the
next 20 years if preventative meas
ures are not taken.
"The global AIDS response is
poised to enter a new era: where
leadership and commitment are at
long last matched with the re
sources needed to get on with the
job," Piot said in a statement. "In
vestment in AIDS will be repaid a
thousand fold in lives saved and
communities held together."
Contact the crime/health/safety reporter
at alishaughnessy@daiiyemerald.com.
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EMU Craft Center winter open house (art sale), 10
a.m.-5 p.m., EMU Craft Center. Featured are cre
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Art exhibit 10 a.m.-5 p.m., LaVeme Krause Gallery.
Master of Fine Arts visual design by Lynne-Hui Huang
and MFA printmaking by Josephine Gibbs.
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