Mark
an AIDS Cairity
Cares
Fight
Aids!
What is AIDS?
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AIDS represents an advanced stage of HIV infection. In most cases, a person living with HIV eventually develops AIDS. AIDS is characterized by severely diminished immune system function, where the body is highly vulnerable to infections and cancers that are typically fought off by a healthy immune system. As defined by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a person has AIDS when HIV has drastically reduced his or her CD4 cell count, or when a person living with HIV is diagnosed with at least one opportunistic infection (i.e., an infection that does not normally occur in someone with a healthy immune system).
There has arguably been no more important time to donate to an HIV/AIDS charity than now. Despite advances in treatment and prevention, we are still seeing around 50,000 new infections in the U.S. and over two million new infections around the world every year. And, now, with the greater push for earlier testing and treatment—key to reversing HIV infection rates—the need for sustained donor support has never been greater.
LET'S
GIVE
The red ribbon is internationally recognised as a symbol of the struggle around HIV/AIDS. It is a symbol of solidarity and a commitment to the fight against HIV/AIDS.
Each day, children needlessly contract HIV. We have the tools, people and strategies to stop this. Help ensure mothers have the services they need to keep themselves alive and their babies HIV-free.