Dear friends and colleagues,
I am reaching out to you today to invite you to join the World AIDS Day “Testing Millions” campaign. A global coalition is working hard to make HIV testing free and accessible with linkages to antiretroviral treatment (ART). Be a part of this worldwide movement to conquer AIDS.
We at AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) believe that the best way to reach the estimated 33 million people living with HIV/AIDS is to identify those who do not know they are infected and link them to treatment. This is also the best route to combating the spread of the disease, as it is believed that the source of the majority of new infections are people who are HIV positive, but do not know it.
Clearly, testing in much greater numbers is urgently needed. AHF’s Testing Millions campaign is designed to not only increase testing, but also to establish a new, more streamlined testing model that—if widely adopted—could result in a dramatic drop in new infections and deaths.
It is a method that works. Last year’s ONE MILLION Tests campaign resulted in 1,603,272 people being tested. 61,399 worldwide were identified as positive as a result of the campaign.
Here are just a few of the global partners in the worldwide COALITION participating in this year’s campaign and advocating for universal access to testing and treatment for all:
- Guyana Ministry of Health – Guyana
- Judicial Services Institute (JSI/START-EC) – Uganda
- Management Sciences for Health (MSH/STAR-E) – Uganda
- St. Petersburg City AIDS Center – Russia
- National AIDS Control Commission (CNLS) – Rwanda
- Uganda AIDS Commission – Uganda
- The New York City Department of Health – USA
- Zimbabwe Ministry of Health – Zimbabwe
- Worldwide Orphans Foundation – International
- Federal HIV/AIDS Prevention & Control Office (HAPCO) – Ethiopia
- African Services Committee – International
- Municipal Council of Mombasa – Kenya
- Clinica Condesa – Mexico
- Department of Veterans Affairs – USA
- Ukrainian National AIDS Center – Ukraine
- National Centre for HIV/AIDS Dermatology and STDs (NCHADS) – Cambodia
- AIDS Information Center (AIC) – Uganda
- Management Sciences for Health (MSH) – International
- The AIDS Support Organization (TASO) – Uganda
- Phnom Penh Municipality Health Department – Cambodia
- Humana People to People – India
- Jinja Catholic Diocese – Uganda
To view the full list of partners, click here.
If you have not yet joined, we invite you to support this year’s Testing Millions ~ World AIDS Day 2009 Campaign.
 If you have already joined, we thank you for your support and participation.
Sincerely,
Michael Weinstein
President, AIDS Healthcare Foundation |
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