Tag: HIV
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DECEMBER 1, 2022 | for HIV/AIDS
World AIDS Day 2022
Across the world, World AIDS Day is observed on December 1st. This year, UNAIDS highlights the need to bridge the inequalities that contribute to the AIDS pandemic. During COVID-19, we have seen firsthand how societal, cultural, political and economic factors can hinder progress in the area of public health. It is the marginalized that are...
JANUARY 25, 2022 | for HIV/AIDS, for CONCUSSIONS, for COVID-19
International Day of Education
The United Nations General Assembly observes the 24th of January each year as International Day of Education in order to emphasize the role of education in promoting peace and development. Simultaneously, in many parts of the world, education still isn’t treated as an essential public good - with broken systems, social stigma and poverty thwarting...
DECEMBER 1, 2021 | for HIV/AIDS
World AIDS Day 2021: Giving Thanks
The pandemic has highlighted many vulnerabilities in our global health systems. Simultaneously it has revealed what working together, as a united force, can accomplish. This World AIDS Day we give thanks to the many people who have worked to help educate our global communities, particularly those who have invested in ensuring evidence-based content reached the last...
MARCH 10, 2021 | for HIV/AIDS
National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
“There is no tool for development more effective than the empowerment of women and girls,” Kofi Annan, Former Secretary - General of the United Nations Given cultural, social and institutional norms, the fact that women and young girls are at greater risk for HIV is not surprising. Gender power dynamics, a lack of autonomy, poor access...
DECEMBER 27, 2019 | for HIV/AIDS, for CONCUSSIONS
TeachAids: Celebrating 10 Years
Ten years ago, TeachAids was founded with a dream of tackling the world’s most pressing health topics. We specifically wanted to focus on the hardest, worthiest problems: stigma-ridden topics and regions of the world with challenges so great that the odds were stacked against us. For the first seven years, we were laser focused on building...
AUGUST 29, 2014 | for HIV/AIDS
Ugandan leader mobilizes volunteers to share TeachAids with over 1,000 in Zimbabwe
“The project received overwhelming support from local community members and leaders... Also the project managed to reach the communities which were usually starved of HIV/AIDS information due to the nature of the teaching media.” - Alex Guma, Volunteer Educator Despite not having support from or affiliation with any formal organization, Alex Guma, a Ugandan transplant in...
