Tuesday, April 01, 2008

France on the Run to Combat HIV/AIDS

The France HIV/AIDS Research Campaign Sidaction 2008 aims to raise awareness and collect funds to support some basic to advance research in HIV/AIDS in the country. Sidaction 2008 (where SIDA is AIDS' French name in France), will run for a week with various artists doing live performances and assist in telethons.

France is doing all its best to combat the spread of the disease through education and research on this field. In 2005 alone, it is estimated that there were around 130,000 people who are living with with HIV/AIDS and the number is feared to rise. You may visit Sidaction to pledge for support or donate.

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