Thousands of residents of rural areas in South Africa mobilized to fight HIV / AIDS
Ladysmith community programs to support the treatment funded by Bristol-Myers Squibbs SECURE THE FUTURE initiative - A crowd expected to exceed 5,000 inhabitants of the province of KwaZulu Natal, todays meeting to mobilize the rural community to fight against the HIV / AIDS and to celebrate the official start of a community support program in the vicinity of Ladysmith.recently described by UNAIDS as the worst affected subregion in the world. This event was to raise awareness about the center and its services, explain the importance of prevention and demystify the stigma associated with the disease. The community-based supportive care in Ladysmith is funded by a grant from SECURE THE FUTURE, an initiative of Bristol-Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY) and Bristol-Myers Squibb
Foundation launched in 1999 to help alleviate the crisis HIV / AIDS women and children in sub-Saharan Africa.HIV / AIDS patients, their families and communities in the district of the province of KwaZulu uThukela, which has an estimated population of 608,695 and an HIV prevalence of 33.5 percent, according to 2001 estimates, the latest available. The program works like Ladysmith Achieve, Augmented Community HIV Action Project, in collaboration with the project Mpilonhle some NGOs.
Capacity building through clinical education, counseling, support for orphans and vulnerable children, food security, community events, education and training group, financial support and income security, among other services. One goal of this model of public-private partnership that is
able to identify sustainable and replicable solutions to combat the pandemic in resource-limited settings, such as uThukela District, said Peter R. Dolan, president and CEO of Bristol-Myers Squibb.through the mobilization of people in the district to prevent and eliminate the stigma of the disease. We see the program as very important and growing, in line with our corporate philosophy and enhance human life. The program uThukela
Pages: [1] 2