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Initiative Youth Against AIDS: Open Letter
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"Change the name, end the stigma" is the core message of the global campaign of the Initiative Youth Against AIDS with Serviceplan Switzerland. On the occasion of World AIDS Day today, an open letter to the Director-General of the World Health Organization, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has been published, calling on him to officially rename HIV. The letter describes HIV as an "Epidemic of the Mind," and it caused and perpetuated primarily by non-medical factors. This call is supported by a report released today titled ‚Epidemic of the Mind‘. The report, prepared by Youth against AIDS in collaboration with LMU Munich and supported by the Boston Consulting Group, explored the question of why so many young people are still becoming infected with HIV. It found that it is not medical-therapeutic obstacles, but those of an intellectual nature, that prevent the epidemic from being fought. HIV is an "Epidemic of the Mind." In all cultures, the justified fear of being considered promiscuous, impure, or dangerously infectious still leads vulnerable groups and people living with HIV to not take advantage of treatment and prevention measures. The Update HIV campaign aims to spark a new and progressive discussion about the issue on a personal and political level, in order to permanently change the way HIV is viewed and put an end to new infections. All of this starts with something very fundamental: the name. Thanks to years of research, infection with HIV is now preventable, treatable and, with successful therapy, non-transmissible. Despite these medical advances and significant reductions in infection and mortality rates, millions of people still contract HIV. In 2021, 1.5 million people worldwide were newly infected with the virus. Globally, 38.4 million people are living with HIV, 1.7 million of whom are children under the age of 15, half of whom lack access to vital treatment. Today, however, the biggest obstacles to ending the HIV epidemic are no longer medical, but social, cultural and political: Living with HIV today is nothing like it was 40 years ago. Stigma, however, has remained nearly the same.
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