AIDS is as much of a threat as it has ever been. It is the reason for Fashion Cares and the reality that the AIDS Committee of Toronto (ACT) addresses daily.

The facts speak for themselves:

1. Over 56,000 people in Canada have tested positive for HIV, and it is estimated that another 20,000 are infected with HIV but do not know it.

2. Infections among women and youth have been rising in recent years; an estimated 7,700 women are living with HIV/AIDS in Canada.

3. HIV prevalence is disproportionately high in Aboriginal Communities across Canada.

4. 66% of HIV-positive people in Ontario are in Toronto, and Toronto has one of the highest HIV infection rates in Canada.

5. In Toronto, gay and bisexual men continue to form the largest group of new HIV infections.

6. HIV drug treatments don't work for everyone.

There is no cure and no vaccine.

Prevention is still the only defence against HIV transmission.

 

 

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