Doing Your Part for World Aids Day on 01 December

Corporate efforts to create awareness for AIDS and HIV

prevention are working. By being involved as a corporate and using World AIDS Day gifts, you can help to create awareness and de-stigmatise HIV and AIDS. Just a decade ago a community member having AIDS could unleash death on a large scale. Now with education and awareness creating campaigns babies of HIV positive mothers can be born HIV free. There are now over 1 million babies that are born free of HIV from mothers who have HIV. However there are still many orphans who robbed of their parents "forced to take on the burden of adulthood at the age of 13, 14, and caring for their younger siblings." HIV continues to be a major global public health issue, having claimed more than 25 million lives over the past three decades. According to the World Health Organisation There were approximately 35.3 [32.2–38.8] million people living with HIV in 2012. This means that our campaigns to improve awareness of HIV must proceed. World AIDS day gifts play an important part of creating this awareness. Some of our clients have free testing facilities and give out World AIDS Day gifts to those who get tested and know their status. Other clients sponsor children’s home with clothing items with the Getting to Zero logo. Between 2011-2015, World AIDS Days will have the theme of "Getting to zero: zero new HIV infections. Zero discrimination. Zero AIDS related deaths". The World AIDS Campaign focus on "Zero AIDS related deaths" signifies a push towards greater access to treatment for all. In 2011, 56% of the estimated 1.5 million pregnant women living with HIV in low- and middle-income countries received effective antiretroviral drugs to avoid transmission to their children, up from 48% in 2010. By being involved as a corporate and using World AIDS Day gifts, you can help to create awareness and de-stigmatise HIV and AIDS and help to keep the rate of infections coming down. For more information on World Aids Day gifts or to request a price list contact us on info@belleregalo.co.za or call us on 082 948 7461 or visit our website: www.belleregalo.co.za