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Wednesday, November 30, 2005

WORLD AIDS DAY 2005 IN SINGAPORE-- Paul Toh, Executive Director of Action for AIDS

World AIDS Day falls on the 1st December 2005.The Theme for this year's World AIDS Day is "STOP AIDS : Keep the Promise".Its the first time UNAIDS (the Joint United Nations Programme on AIDS) has handed over the responsibility for World AIDS Day to an independent organization known as The World AIDS Campaign.

Action for AIDS Singapore has decided to adopt the theme " STOP AIDS : Keep the Promise" as our main theme, with several sub-themes underlining the main theme. The sub themes are :

"STOP AIDS : Keep the Promise on enhancing Prevention for MSM"
"STOP AIDS : Keep the Promise on enhancing Prevention for High Risk Heterosexual Males" "STOP AIDS: Keep the Promise on enhancing Empowerment for Women"
"STOP AIDS: Keep the Promise on increasing outreach to Youths"
"STOP AIDS : Keep the Promise on increasing Care and Treatment"
"STOP AIDS : Keep the Promise on fighting Stigma and Discrimination in the workplace and beyond"

"STOP AIDS" is a clear message for World AIDS Day 2005 in Singapore. "Keep the Promise..." is an appeal to government, policy makers, leaders and the community at large to ensure that they stay on the track in the fight against HIV/AIDS.AfA aims to engage individuals and organizations to get actively involved in the response under the theme "STOP AIDS : Keep the Promise"World AIDS Day 2005 Campaign for Singapore will start from the 1st December 2005.

There will be a series of events and media campaign to increase awareness during this period.What can Singaporeans do for World AIDS Day 2005?- Singaporeans can wear a red ribbon and ask others to do the same,- raise HIV/AIDS awareness among the peer group you are in: be it Youths, Women, MSM or Heterosexual Males,- protect yourself and your partners all year round- and if you think you are at risk, come forward for an anonymous HIV testing at our clinic on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Saturdays.

Our World AIDS Day Campaign begins on World AIDS Day itself. There will be a launch of the Kiehl' s Grapefruit hand and body cleanser under Youth AIDS to bring higher awareness among youths on HIV in Singapore followed by the premiere of HBO Original Movie, ANGELS IN AMERICA, on the HBO service.

There will also be a performance art on Dec 1st called "Silent Dialogues With Bottles" to be held at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts at 7pm. The performance is by two independent artists, Ms Sabrina Koh and Ms Natasha Wei, who will engage the audience on sexuality and empowerment of women. This is jointly supported by AFA and AWARE and donations from this event will go to the anonymous HIV testing for women.There will also be outreach to bars on that particular day to make it a safer sex night out where selected bars are given condoms and safer sex materials to be given to their patrons.

Aids knows no boundaries. Aids doesn't care if you're male or female, rich or poor, straight or gay, old or young, local or foreigner etc. It doesn't judge us by the colour of our skin, or the status of our families. It has the potential to strike every and anyone. So be safe. PRACTISE SAFE SEX or ABSTAIN, DO NOT SHARE NEEDLES, HECK THROW THOSE DRUGS AWAY!

There's so much i want to say but i fear i might give wrong information so just go here:

http://www.afa.org.sg/

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