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World AIDS Day: Empowering the community is key
29-11-2024
More than 24 million people have been involved in prevention actions, access to diagnostic tests and appropriate treatments, and quality health care thanks to the programs that the organizations that are part of Humana People to People have been promoting in Africa and Asia for more than two decades to try to stop HIV/AIDS.
On World AIDS Day, which is celebrated this Sunday, December 1, Humana joins the motto “Take the rights path.”
The Federation Humana People to People was a pioneer in the fight against HIV/AIDS in Africa: for more than 20 years it has promoted the Total Control of the Epidemic (TCE) program, whose objective is to combat the disease through prevention, care and support with a strategy led by people, working on the ground side by side with communities.
The objective of the TCE is to get each person to take the initiative to know their HIV status and actively collaborate to stop its spread. Humana People to People takes community-based, people-centred approaches, supporting the most vulnerable.
This programme is funded by resources obtained from the management of used clothing, as well as support from external funders.
Human rights at the heart of the fight against HIV/AIDS
On World AIDS Day, celebrated this December 1, UNAIDS affirms that “with human rights at the centre, with communities at the forefront, the world can end AIDS as a public health threat by 2030.” “The substantial progress that has been made in the response to HIV is directly related to progress in the protection of human rights,” they add, “in turn, progress made through the response to HIV has driven broader progress in the realization of the right to health and the strengthening of health systems.”
“Defending the human rights of all people is an essential pillar of an effective response to HIV. This World AIDS Day is a call to action to protect the health of all people by protecting their rights,” they insist.
Humana warns of the risks of “ending AIDS as a threat to public health” before the date indicated by UNAIDS: “This goal may be threatened if funding is reduced and human rights are limited. Such restrictions would cause this pandemic to continue to grow, undermining the global health of humanity.”
Worldwide, of the 39.9 million people living with HIV, almost a quarter do not receive any treatment. As a result, one person dies every minute from AIDS-related causes.
More than 24 million people involved in Humana's actions to fight HIV/AIDS
Since 2000, Humana has reached 24.8 million people in 12 African and Asian countries, helping them lead healthy lives.
For nearly 25 years, Humana People to People has championed community responses to HIV and AIDS, working alongside public health facilities to:
Increase access to essential HIV medical support services: bridging the gap by bringing HIV testing, prevention education and treatment closer to the communities most in need.
End stigma: fostering open dialogue and understanding to create a supportive environment for people living with HIV.
Empower people: providing communities with the knowledge and resources they need to take charge of their health and well-being.
HIV/AIDS prevention programs and actions
One of the countries where the TCE program is implemented is Zambia, where thousands of diagnostic tests have been carried out so that people know their HIV status.
When the test is positive, contact tracing of the person in question is initiated: spouse, sexual partners and offspring. This promotes prevention and slows the spread of the epidemic. In 2023, 24% of tests carried out by our local DAPP Zambia in the eastern province of the country were positive, thus initiating the monitoring and control system for the virus.
DAPP Malawi's DREAMS programme involves more than 23,000 girls in actions to free themselves from exploitation, domestic violence, sexual abuse, early marriages and the HIV epidemic. Adolescent girls and young women are organised in groups to share experiences and develop resilience mechanisms against HIV risks.
The HIV prevention project run by ADPP Angola is helping adolescent girls and young women and men to better understand and access sexual and reproductive health services and exercise their rights in this regard.
In South Africa, sex work is criminalised. Most of the Sex workers suffer from stigma and discrimination. Humana People to People South Africa is working with the police, the Department of Health and the Department of Social Development, including social workers, to deliver workshops to ensure that the right to health of over 5,500 sex workers is respected, with a focus on HIV/AIDS prevention.
