NOVEMBER 1, 2010 IPSF PUBLIC HEALTH EDITION

HIV/AIDS AWARENESS
PRE-CAMPAIGN NEWSLETTER

STOP AIDS
MAKE THE PROMISE

WORLD AIDS DAY 2010

STOP AIDS MAKE THE PROMISE

For  the  22nd  +me,  World  AIDS  Day  will  be  held  on  1st  December  2010.  The  
World  Health  Organiza+on,  WHO,  dedicated  this  day  to  raising  awareness  of  
HIV  and  AIDS  in  1987  and  the  first  World  AIDS  Day  was  held  in  1988.

International
Pharmaceutical
Students’ Federation

WORLD AIDS DAY CAMPAIGN 2009-

TURKEY

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FACTS ON HIV AND AIDS
• Since  1981  more  than  25  million  people  have  died  of  AIDS

• In  2008,    2.7  million  people  worldwide  were  newly  infected  

with  HIV

• In  the  same  year,  about  2  million  people  died  from  AIDS-­‐

related  illnesses

• Worldwide  there  are  about  2.1  million  children  living  with  

HIV,  and  a  total  of  33.4  million  people  in  total.  Out  of  those,  
5.4  million  young  people  from  15  to  24  years  old  are  living  
with  HIV World AIDS
Day 2009-
• There  is  about  one  new  infec+on  every  10  seconds Nigeria
• In  Africa  there  are  about  12  million  orphans  who  lost  their  parents  due  to  AIDS

know  the  importance  of  its  preven+on/  therapies;  

Why do WE need to get involved?
hence,  we  are  in  the  perfect  posi+on  to  provide  
We  as  pharmacy  students  and  young  pharmacists,  are   counseling  and  help  to  our  pa+ents.  Only  by  sharing  
in  the  posi+on  of  being  health  care  providers  who  are   this  knowledge  can  we  really  help  other  people.  
in  primary  contact  with  our  pa+ents.  We  have  the   When  we  spread  the  knowledge  among  
knowledge  of  how  HIV  and  AIDS  spreads  and  we   people,  we  can  draw  more  and  more  
aSen+on  to  the  effects  of  HIV.
WORLD AIDS
DAY 2009- This  newsleSer  aims  to  provide  you  with  
Spain some  ideas  on  how  to  run  your  own  
campaign,  how  to  spread  all  the  
knowledge  you’ve  gained  on  the  condi+on  
and  how  to  improve  the  situa+on  regarding  
HIV  and  AIDS.  

As  well,  you  can  find  ideas  for  planning  a  

successful  campaign  and  useful  links  at  the  end  
of  this  newsleSer.  

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 WORLD AIDS DAY 2009-
STIGMATIZATION does not
help anybody.

Awareness does.
TAIWAN Left: World AIDS Day 2009-
Taiwan

Below: World AIDS Day

2009- Spain

Ideas for the Campaign

• Wear  the  red  ribbons,  and  mo+vate  others  to  do   • Set  up  an  informa+on  desk  with  material-­‐  flyers,  
the  same   posters,  guidelines  of  HIV  treatment  inside  the  
mall  or  other  public  places
• Sell  those  red  ribbons  to  raise  money  which  could  
be  spent  to  your  na+onal  AIDS  fund • Invite  HIV  posi+ve  pa+ents  to  come  to  you  faculty  
to  carry  out  a  workshop  about  HIV
• Organise  an  event  where  all  students  wear  red  t-­‐
shirts  and  make  a  big  human  ribbon o Students  can  learn  about  HIV  from  the  
pa+ents’  point  of  view
• Organise  a  charity  run  in  which  students  wear  
white  T-­‐shirts  and  red  ribbons • Collaborate  with  other  local  or  na+onal  health  
organiza+ons
• Organise  a  condom  exhibi+on  at  the  university  hall  
to  draw  aSen+on  to  the  campaign • Organize  a  fundraiser  for  local/na+onal/  
interna+onal  HIV/AIDS  organiza+ons
• Ask  a  condom  company  to  donate  condoms  and  
give  them  away  to  the  students  to  inform  them   o For  example,  the  LiSle  Travellers’  HIV/AIDS  
about  ways  that  HIV  can  be  transmiSed Ini+a+ve  (hSp://www.liSletravellers.net/)

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 Last but not least...

WORLD AIDS DAY

The  World  AIDS  Day  is  on  the  1st  of  December,  but  if  you  don’t  have  the  
chance  to  organize  a  campaign  on  that  day,  you  can  s+ll  have  ac+vi+es  on  other  
days  around  the  year.  AIDS  is  not  a  disease  which  should  be  forgoSen  during  the  
other  months,  so  spread  awareness  whenever  it  is  possible!!!

Useful  links  that  can  help  you  by  organizing  your  campaign

 www.who.int/hiv/en/      
   www.ipsf.org/HIV_AIDS.php    
   www.unaids.org    
   www.worldaidsday.org    
   www.icw.org    
   www.plusve.org

Whenever  you  hold  a  campaign,  make  sure  that  you  write  an  ac+vity  report  and  
share  your  experience  with  other  IPSF  members!  

Whenever  you  come  to  the  point  where  you  need  more  informa+on,  ideas  or  
resources,  please  contact:

Sharon  Leung,  Chairperson  of  Public  Health  at  publichealth@ipsf.org  or

Johanna  Walz,  HIV/AIDS  Coordinator  at  hivaids@ipsf.org

Good  luck  with  your  campaigns!

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