Tag: World AIDS Day

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DECEMBER 1, 2024 | for HIV/AIDS

Marking Four Decades of Progress in the Fight Against HIV/AIDS

Over the past four decades, we have witnessed remarkable strides in the fight against HIV/AIDS. Life-saving antiretroviral therapies have transformed what was once a death sentence into a manageable condition for millions. Stigma around the virus has diminished, transmission rates have declined, and countless lives have been saved. These achievements are a testament to the...

DECEMBER 1, 2023 | for HIV/AIDS

World AIDS Day

This #WorldAIDSDay, we spotlight the extraordinary efforts of TeachAids' education champions. Across the world, their voices of influence have been critical in disseminating our material.  For years, information relating to HIV/AIDS has been typically delivered in ways that lacked relatability and sensitivity. It is heartening to hear from Ross Kornberg from the John’s Hopkins Bloomberg School...

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...

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...

NOVEMBER 30, 2020 | for HIV/AIDS

World AIDS Day 2020: Around the globe in 24 Hours

It’s been nearly four decades since the discovery of HIV. From developing impactful therapies to building more effective education, our world has made great strides in tackling this problem. We will continue the battle together till it is won. In commemoration of this World AIDS Day (Dec. 1st), TeachAids brings you individual stories from around the...

DECEMBER 4, 2015 | for HIV/AIDS

TeachAids animations integrated into revolutionary “Digital Telangana Initiative”

"Education should be so revolutionized as to answer the wants of the poorest villager”. These words, spoken by Mahatma Gandhi, continue to resonate well into the 21st Century. The 2011 Indian Census demonstrated that almost 70% of Indians continue to reside in rural areas, where access to education and other services often remains weak. The State...

DECEMBER 1, 2013 | for HIV/AIDS

India's most celebrated cultural icons join TeachAids

For World AIDS Day, we announced the development of 8 new versions of the TeachAids software, which would not be possible without the countless number of individuals working behind-the-scenes to donate their time and talent toward creating the highest-quality education materials and making them available for free. Two of our talented and multilingual celebrities, Anushka Shetty...

DECEMBER 1, 2013 | for HIV/AIDS

New TeachAids software for more than 100MM in 2014

See photos from the TeachAids Pan-India Media Launch For World AIDS Day 2013, TeachAids is unveiling eight new previews of our HIV education animations. Available in four languages, the new animated software will star 16 celebrated icons who represent each region's most recognized names, all who have graciously donated their voices and likenesses to the new...

DECEMBER 12, 2012 | for HIV/AIDS

Multiple TV stations telecast TeachAids for World AIDS Day

On World AIDS Day this year, multiple TV networks renewed their commitment to promoting HIV education be televising the TeachAids animations. In Andhra Pradesh, Star Maa (formerly MAA TV) and TV7 Health Planet broadcast the Telugu TeachAIDS animations, featuring the voices and likenesses of renowned regional cultural icons Nagarjuna Akkineni, Anushka Shetty, Navdeep Pallapollu and Swati....

DECEMBER 29, 2011 | for HIV/AIDS

TeachAids shown as part of “Getting to Zero” campaign in Lagos, Nigeria

Aligned with the United Nation’s 2011 World AIDS Day campaign, HACEY’s Health Initiative organized an advocacy program on the theme “Getting to zero – The role we play”. The goal behind the campaign is to have zero new HIV infections, zero discrimination, and zero AIDS-related deaths by 2015. As part of the campaign efforts, HACEY...

DECEMBER 7, 2011 | for HIV/AIDS

TEDxWomen invites TeachAids founder and CEO to speak on World AIDS Day

Following last year’s inaugural TEDWomen conference, with speakers including Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, media mogul Ted Turner, and Former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, The Paley Center for Media continued the discourse through a bi-coastal TEDxWomen conference on December 1st, World AIDS Day. “The conference will capture a striking moment in our history, when women and girls...

DECEMBER 1, 2011 | for HIV/AIDS

TeachAids Launches New Animations – A First in Africa

In commemoration of World AIDS Day 2011, we are pleased to announce the launch of our newest production version of the TeachAids HIV prevention software for Botswana – a first in all of Africa. The animations, available in both English and Setswana, feature the voices of cultural icons including Game ‘Zeus’ Bantsi, Oratile ‘Jazzelle’ Kebakile, Thato...