"Yed fel Yed 2018": the campaign against AIDS and solidarity is expanding

The Channel 3 of the Algerian Radio organized Tuesday, with its partners of UNAIDS, a launching ceremony, at the audiotorium Aissa Messaoudi, of the ninth edition of the operation "Yed fel yed 2018" scheduled for Friday and Saturday celebrating in Algeria the World Day against AIDS under the slogan "Knowledge is power".

Surrounded by collaborators at the level of UN organizations, Djamel Senhadri, deputy director of production at Channel 3, announced on this occasion the program of this sensitization campaign which will spread over two days with two key events to know and as is the tradition: the organization in Algiers, of a human solidarity chain at the esplanade Ryadh El Feth, Friday from 9:00 to 11:00, wearing the red ribbon, symbol of solidarity with HIV-positive people.

This action will bring together young artists from different worlds, civil society activists, different institutional actors, UN staff and other international organizations as well as young people, women, children and families.

And an artistic show will be held Saturday, December 1, during which a panoply of artists will succeed on stage of the Salle Atlas of Bab el oued starting at 14:30.

Speaking at the launch ceremony, Djamel Senhadri emphasized the need for broad mobilization, especially among those he called "opinion leaders", referring to the actors of the civil society movement and the artists (young or old) who "federate, he will underline the young people behind noble goals and mobilize to fight against AIDS".

This operation has a special character because it is organized in tribute to the star host fire Yazid Ait Hammdouche, delighted to his family last August, for the work done during previous editions of "Yed fel yed".

This important event sees the number of wilayas participating in this operation increase from 15 to 30, makes it possible to bring together all the actors of the response to AIDS through innovative actions of access to prevention in Algeria.

This year marks the 30th anniversary of the first World AIDS Day, which means that 30 years of struggle continues in many forms of solidarity to achieve the UN Millennium Goals to eradicate the disease on the horizon. 2030.

Algeria, an example to follow

Algeria is among the countries that have succeeded in stemming the spread of the HIV-AIDS virus and is now part of the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), said Wednesday the representative of UNAIDS in Algeria, Adel Zeddam.

Speaking at a press conference around this initiative (hand in hand), the representative of the UN agency on Sunday welcomed the fact that Algeria has managed to control the spread of this formidable pathology and thus achieve one of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

In doing so, Algeria has entered the era of achieving the SDGs, which include, among other challenges, to put an end to this epidemic by 2030.

The numbers evoke a deep universal evil

WHO has more than 40 million people living with HIV and all those affected by the epidemic.

A new UNAIDS report reveals that scaling up HIV testing and treatment efforts has reached more people living with HIV. In 2017, three quarters of people living with HIV (75%) knew their HIV status compared to only two-thirds (67%) in 2015 and 21.7 million people living with HIV (59%) had access to antiretroviral therapy. compared to 17.2 million in 2015. The report shows, however, that 9.4 million people living with HIV do not know they have contracted the virus and urgently need HIV testing and treatment. .

Let us note at the end that this edition has a particular stamp because it takes place exceptionally in tribute to his late architect Yazid Ait Hammadouche, journalist of the Channel 3 delighted his for the work done over the past ten years to forge interest and intention to AIDS patients in Algeria.

Hope is always allowed

In 1988, the General Assembly had expressed its deep concern over the AIDS pandemic. Noting that the World Health Organization (WHO) had designated 1 December 1988 as World AIDS Day, the Assembly emphasized the importance of this event (resolution 43/15).

Today, more than 41 million people are HIV-positive and have AIDS. World AIDS Day is not the only occasion to come back on this hot issue, but by stressing that we must all be together against AIDS, it has its place in the calendar of international days.

It must be remembered that living with HIV still leads to death too often and that it is unacceptable to abandon people with AIDS-related opportunistic diseases.

HIV-related deaths in the world have dropped by only 60,000 from 2016 to 2017, compared to an annual reduction of 150,000 to meet the UN's goals for reducing mortality. of the epidemic. At this rate of snail, in 2020, mortality will have dropped by only 25%, far from the drastic 50% decline promised by the Member States of the UN in 2016. This is an alarming signal of a global response to medical failure.