Global Community Has Raised Hope in HIV/AIDS Response

"For the first time in many years, a new message is on the lips of the people on the frontlines [of the AIDS response] -- together, we will end AIDS," UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibe writes in the Huffington Post's "Global Living" blog. He notes, "Just a decade ago, this very thought would have been dismissed," and asks, "What has changed? Where has this hope come from?" He writes, "It comes from the resilience and steadfastness ofthe global community, led by people living with HIV, grandmothers, sisters, brothers, mothers, doctors, nurses, scientists, activists to halt the AIDS epidemic from defining our lives." He provides a recap of the global response, highlighting results, investments, scientific progress, and the protection of human rights, and continues, "Above all, it is people who have changed the face of the AIDS epidemic." He concludes, "We can end AIDS. We will end AIDS" (7/25).