Coinciding with World AIDS Day, Lhak-Sam along with the World Health Organization and Chithuen Phendhey Association commemorated those who have lost their lives to the virus at Geynekha in Thimphu today. Lhak-Sam is a community-based organisation with a network of people living with HIV and AIDS. The community is still facing social stigma and discrimination.
The Health Ministry’s report shows that from January to June this year, 26 new HIV cases were detected. Of the 900 HIV cases detected since the diagnosis of the first case in 1993, 178 of them have died from the disease until last year.
𝗟𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗹𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗛𝗜𝗩/𝗔𝗜𝗗𝗦 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗔𝗜𝗗𝗦 𝗗𝗮𝘆Coinciding with World AIDS Day, Lhak-Sam along with the World Health Organization and Chithuen Phendhey Association commemorated those who have lost their lives to the virus at Geynekha in Thimphu today. Lhak-Sam is a community-based organisation with a network of people living with HIV and AIDS. The community is still facing social stigma and discrimination.The Health Ministry’s report shows that from January to June this year, 26 new HIV cases were detected. Of the 900 HIV cases detected since the diagnosis of the first case in 1993, 178 of them have died from the disease until last year.#thimphu #bbs #news #asia #druk #media #bhutan #bhutanese
Posted by BBS on Friday, December 1, 2023
Singye Dema
Edited by Sangay Chezom
