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Serbia-Montenegro joins in acknowledgement of remembrance day for AIDS victims
Belgrade,
5 May 2005
Representative of the HIV Prevention Network and the Centre for Promotion of Healthy Lifestyle Marina Ugrinic announced today that on May 15 the day of remembrance for the victims of AIDS will be observed for the first time in Serbia-Montenegro, and will be followed by a media campaign called "People live with AIDS today".
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Fonet
Ugrinic told a press conference that the aim of the campaign, which will last from May 5 to June 5, is to raise public awareness of the problems that AIDS patients encounter, to reduce the level of stigma and discrimination, to offer assistance to patients and to remind and hold onto the memory of those who have died of AIDS.
Senior Advisor at the Serbian Ministry of Health and Secretary of the National Commission for the fight against HIV/AIDS Ivana Misic said that the Serbian government adopted early this year a national strategy for prevention of the spread of AIDS. The action plan covers activities in that field to 2010.
Zorica Dragisic, of the Centre for Sustainable Development and the HIV Prevention Network, said that there are an estimated 10,000 people in Serbia infected by HIV, adding that 1,807 people were registered as infected with HIV between 1984 and 2003, of which more than 800 have died.
UN Resident Coordinator Ann Lis Svensson said that some 35 million people have died of AIDS worldwide to date, with a further 40 million living with HIV, including a large number of children.
She recalled that the first such remembrance day was marked in the United States in 1983 and that it is now observed in 80 countries worldwide.
Senior Advisor at the Serbian Ministry of Health and Secretary of the National Commission for the fight against HIV/AIDS Ivana Misic said that the Serbian government adopted early this year a national strategy for prevention of the spread of AIDS. The action plan covers activities in that field to 2010.
Zorica Dragisic, of the Centre for Sustainable Development and the HIV Prevention Network, said that there are an estimated 10,000 people in Serbia infected by HIV, adding that 1,807 people were registered as infected with HIV between 1984 and 2003, of which more than 800 have died.
UN Resident Coordinator Ann Lis Svensson said that some 35 million people have died of AIDS worldwide to date, with a further 40 million living with HIV, including a large number of children.
She recalled that the first such remembrance day was marked in the United States in 1983 and that it is now observed in 80 countries worldwide.
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