May 14, 2011

Every third Sunday of May all over the world lit candles in memory of AIDS victims - "the plague of the 20th century." On this day, millions of people of our planet to the clothes pin a red ribbon as a symbol of sorrow and sympathy for the victims of this terrible disease, which has no borders. Despite repeated attempts development of new vaccines against AIDS , Currently existing drugs only slow down the process of the disease, full recovery does not bring any of them.

May 15 - World Day of Remembrance of the dead AIDS a. Around the world, millions of people are organizing various events to commemorate the deceased, as well as raise awareness of the HIV-infected. Reminded all humanity that AIDS no one is immune, and that HIV-infected individuals - is, above all, are people just like everyone else on this earth.

Already by tradition, participants of events pin to their clothes red tape   in the form of loops in tribute and sympathy for the victims of AIDS. Recall that the creator of this symbol, the artist Frank Moore, also died from the disease in 2002.

Another tradition is the International Day of Remembrance for sewing quilts - Patchwork paintings with images of paintings devoted to loved ones who died from Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.

The main purpose of the activities is to draw attention to the problems of AIDS and HIV -infektsii. And, according to a number of international experts should be taken seriously especially to the issue in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, including Russia, where the spread of the virus has acquired the scale of a national catastrophe. To date, most countries have managed to stabilize the situation on the spread of the virus, with a marked decrease in the growth rate of more than 20%.

According to experts, if the virus will be distributed in the country at the same rate, then in 40 years the population of Russia will amount to 101, 3 million people, which is 30% less than today's figures. According to the most unfavorable projected population reduction can be up to 50%. In this regard, by 2020 is expected to decrease by 10 GDP, 5%.

Today, the number of infected people, according to official statistics, at the end of 2010, amounts to nearly 600 thousand people, including more than 5000 minors. Indicators are growing with each passing day, Russian daily in HIV infected more than 160 people .