World AIDS day 2021 — END INEQUALITIES. END AIDS. END PANDEMICS, END COVID
World AIDS day 2021 —
END INEQUALITIES. END AIDS. END PANDEMICS, END COVID
40 years have already passed since the moment when AIDS first appearead on our planet and 20 years since the moment of the beginning of concentrated HIV epidemic in Estonia. Inspite of possesing the needed knowledge and tools, HIV is still the serious global threat for the humanity. We are missing the target to beat AIDS by the year 2030. We found ourselves not ready enough for the conditions of the new reality connected with the emergence of dangerous virus COVID 19, – and all these things are happening together with social-economic crisis and chaotic and unlinked actions for preventing the after-effect.
On the 1st of December, which is the World AIDS day, our network of people living with HIV in Estonia joins the UN call to point the mutual efforts for the purpose of ending inequalities and providing the equal possibilities for all the people inspite of their gender, race, nationality and level of income to get the needed support.
In our opinion we have to mobilize the join efforts to exterminate AIDS and COVID by means of fighting the economic, social, cultural and legal inequality. We need changes in political, economic and social spheres to protect vulnerable, especially marginalized social groups, – all those who cannot protect themselves, those who suffer because of the conditions of pandemics and find themselves in hard life circumstances.
We are people living with HIV, we know how to end AIDS, we know what is inequality, – the main reason preventing pandemics from being ended.
It is necessary to join the efforts to fight inequality, poverty, lack of the needed knowledge, and to maintain the general strategy to prevent the spread of pandemics nowadays and in the future:
financing and investment in the medical sphere, gender related development activities, good salaries for workers of the vital services, equal access to vitally needed medications, technologies and sources of information which may detect inequality.
World AIDS day was first announced by WHO in 1988 and since then we have achieved much. HIV infection has become chronical disease instead of the mortal one. People living with HIV who get needed ARV treatment in time and who follow all medical prescriptions are able to live long and happy life. There is no medication to stop AIDS, but it is possible to stop it from further development. Nowadays like never before we would like to mobilize all our efforts for ending stigma, discrimination, human rights violation and to convey the idea that we are all vulnerable. We need open dialogue, equal access to all existing types of prevention, help of specialists and support of community network.
Join us on the 1st of December to express your solidarity with people living with HIV and to remember those who died of AIDS and COVID-19.
- Light the memorial candle on your terrace, balcony in the garden or whenever you want
- Remeber and pray for those relatives, friends and mates who died of AIDS and COVID-19
- Share your memories and photos with us in social networks and don’t forget to tag us #ehpv or @ EHPV — Eesti HIV-positiivsete võrgustik
TALLINN
1st of December 2021
Lighting the candles in the form of Red Ribbon to commemorate people who died of AIDS
Time and location: 12:00, in front of the Superministry building, Suur-Ameerika 1
NARVA
1st of December 2021
Lighting the candles in the form of Red Ribbon to commemorate people who died of AIDS
Time and location: 12:00, Peetri plats
JÕHVI
1st of December 2021
Lighting the candles in the form of Red Ribbon to commemorate people who died of AIDS
Time and location: 12:00, Central square
CONTACTS
Tallinn
Latšin Alijev, +372 5870 6070- russian language
Vassili Skripkin, +372 5678 7838 ; Kadi Viljak, +372 510 0504 – estonian language
Viktoria Pressman, +372 58477979 – english language
Narva
Jekaterina Smirnova, +372 5557 8131
Jõhvi
Natalja Slobožaninova, +372 5616 7097
Latšin Alijev
Director
E-mail: latsin.alijev@ehpv.ee
Mob (+372) 5870 6070
Rävala puiestee 8-1014, 10143 Tallinn
