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Tuesday
Aug182009

James Chau: "AIDS is not just about AIDS"

DateTuesday, August 18, 2009 at 4:11PM

Just read this article on AIDS written by James Chau, the UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador.

AIDS is not just about AIDS. On the plane to and from Bali, Bernhard Schwartländer of UNAIDS China reminded me time and again to talk of AIDS in terms of people. After all, these 6,700 [deaths per day] and 75,000 [infections per day] aren’t just numbers to impress nor are they nameless faces.

They are individuals who are brothers and sisters, sons and daughters, fathers and mothers to somebody else. They are special. They are part of families. And they are just like you and me.

Yet they’re often treated like outsiders. We push them from our homes. We kick them out of our workplaces. We banish them from our lives. Stigma and discrimination against people living with HIV are rampant around the world and especially in countries in Asia where words like culture and tradition are used to excuse our behavior and to shield us from our own fears.

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    Source: AIDS: a call for care, a call for compassion
    by James Chau at Global Times on August 16, 2009
    When I think of “home,” I think of Indonesia. Apart from England, where I was born, and China, where I now live, my closest ties are to this incredible country and its over 237 million people. My mother, grandmother, and many generations before them were all born there.

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