Did you know that roughly 33 million people worldwide* have HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, and that 25 million people* have died from the disease? Today is World AIDS Day and I want to send a message of awareness and hope in honor of all of the victims of this terrible epidemic.
When I was young, a friend of my mom's passed away after battling AIDS. It is something that has hit home with me and that I have grown up being aware of.
Researchers appear closer to a vaccine and the World Health Organization has released a strategy to contain HIV in the next ten years. A key part of the WHO's plan: prevention.
Have you been tested? Are you practicing safe sex?
* United Nations estimate
