WAC Special Messages on World AIDS Day

Within this section you will find World AIDS Day statements about HIV and AIDS and the theme of accountability from from a variety of public figures from entertainers to religous leaders We hope that these messages will inspire campaigners all over the world and encourage leaders to apply the will to make their promises a reality.


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Michel Sidibe

06 Dec 2006 – 14:02

In order to move from planning to action there needs to be a process of accountability at al…

Dr Anders Nordström

30 Nov 2006 – 14:01

Stop AIDS. Keep the Promise. The HIV/AIDS epidemic continues to grow. Some 40 million peopl…

ANGLICAN ARCHBISHOP JONGONKULU NDUNGANE

30 Nov 2006 – 10:34

Earlier this week I had sight of the UNAIDS statistics for 2006. With 2.8 million new infect…

Salman Ahmed

30 Nov 2006 – 10:07

Having trained as a doctor before I came into music, I know that a small infection in any pa…

George Soros

01 Dec 2006 – 9:38

"Governments around the world are failing to address the deadly interaction between TB and…

HRH Princess Mabel van Oranje

29 Nov 2006 – 18:41

AIDS is more than a public health crisis; it involves more than the sick and the dying. AIDS…

Carol Bellamy

29 Nov 2006 – 18:08

HIV does not spread by itself; it spreads by choice - our choice. How we allocate resources,…

The Rev. Mark S. Hanson

29 Nov 2006 – 18:44

"Churches and faith communities are an essential part of the solution because people of fait…

Mabel Bianco

30 Nov 2006 – 8:31

In 2006 all governments at the UN reaffirmed the promise to STOP AIDS. Still, the epidemic…

Prateek Suman

29 Nov 2006 – 12:26

Our response to the HIV/AIDS pandemic will determine how we are judged by future generations…

Dr Olive Shisana

29 Nov 2006 – 12:52

AIDS matters so much because it leads to too many premature deaths of economically active me…

Edwin Cameron

26 Nov 2006 – 18:03

AIDS is now a medically manageable condition. Yet too many people in resource-poor settings…

DJ Tiesto

26 Nov 2006 – 18:04

People are getting careless, especially in Europe and especially among young people. Maybe t…