The Collective Prevention
Service (CPS) in collaboration with the St. Maarten AIDS
Foundation are inviting you to their World AIDS Day Health Fair
on Saturday, November 30.
The World AIDS Day Health Fair is taking place at the PMIA Hall
on Back Street from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM.
There will be free HIV testing and additional health screenings
for glucose, blood pressure and weight, the latter which will be
carried out by the Diabetes Foundation of Sint Maarten.
Other health partners will be at the fair. Take the time out to
visit the fair and bring a friend.
The 2024 theme for World AIDS Day is, “Take the rights path:
My health, my right!”
The World Health Organization (WHO) is calling on global
leaders and citizens to champion the right to health by
addressing the inequalities that hinder progress in ending AIDS.
The WHO adds that the world can end AIDS – if everyone’s right
are protected. With human rights at the center, with
communities in the lead, the world can end AIDS as a public
health threat by 2030.
In 2023, an estimated 39.9 million people were living with HIV
globally. Approximately 630,000 people died from HIV-related
causes in 2023.
An estimated 1.3 million people acquired HIV in 2023.
CPS encourages the community to educate and inform
themselves about the latest developments related to AIDS and
HIV.
