INVITATION TO REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MEDIA
When: Tuesday 1ST December 2015
Where: African Union Headquarters, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, AU Medical Services in the New AU Conference Center
Time: 9:00 am
Who: Organised by the Medical Services Directorate of the African Union Commission (AUC)
Theme: The theme of this year's World AIDS Day “Getting To Zero: Zero New HIV Infections” underscores the importance of Zero New HIV Infections; Zero Discrimination; and Zero AIDS Related Deaths.
Why: World AIDS Day is celebrated on the 1st December each year to mobilize people worldwide to unite in the fight against HIV/AIDS.
Objectives:
The objective of the commemoration of World AIDS Day include among others:
To raise awareness on the need for Prevention and promote throughout the continent, programmes for the total eradication of HIV/AIDS; To encourage member States to intensify efforts relating to antiretroviral treatment of HIV and to extend such efforts to primary healthcare centers;
To raise awareness on the need to continue to address the