May 14, 2022
In the capital, «Bayterek» and the «Khanshatyr» building were illuminated in redWithin the framework of the International Day of Remembrance of People who Died of AIDS, which is held this year under the slogan «We remember. We are acting. We are more than HIV», according to the initiative of the AIDS Center of Nur-Sultan with the support of the Mayor's Office of the capital, in the evening, on May 14, 2022, the monument «Baiterek» and the buildings of the shopping center «Khanshatyr» were illuminated in red.
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Event at the Lyceum of GirlsOn May 13, 2022, the head of the prevention department of the Atyrau Regional AIDS Center Abylgazieva A. Zh. and assistant epidemiologist Imangalieva Zh. M. held an event dedicated to the World AIDS Memorial Day at the Girls' Lyceum. During the event, the epidemiological situation of HIV infection in the Atyrau region, prevention measures, protection of the rights of HIV-infected people and support for them, as well as the opportunity to find out their HIV status by donating blood to the centersPEED for free were announced! The experts gave exhaustive answers to the questions posed by the participants and distributed educational information materials.
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Adolescents with HIV spoke at a press conference in Akmola regionI found out about my HIV status in grades 3-4 when I was nine years old, but at the same time I was prepared for this from the very childhood, they explained everything in a childish way “like” dragons or blood features and so on, because we need to take drugs,” says activist, teenager with HIV Rakhim Saparov.
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AIDS mortality in Kazakhstan has halved in ten yearsOn May 15, the third Sunday of May, the world celebrates the World Day of Remembrance for those who died of AIDS. This year's UNAIDS motto is “We remember! We are acting! We are more than HIV! The motto calls not to forget those whose lives have been claimed by the epidemic, to actively implement information and prevention programs and projects, to understand that people living with HIV (PLHIV) are more than their disease and they should not be subjected to stigma and discrimination.
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