12/1/15: Advent Day #3 and Michael's Message reflected a lot on World AIDS Day. Honestly, I am sure I know people who are HIV positive, but I am not sure anyone has ever told me that they are. HIV and AIDS makes me think of all of the work that my wife and her colleagues do in Student Health Services on campuses all across the country. I know Sarah has told many a student, sadly, that they are now HIV positive. Often life-changing news, but, thankfully, not the life-ending news it once was. But education is SO SO important and that is also what I reflected on today as the second half of Michael's message. So many of the cases of HIV are in Africa. Education is needed, as well as culturally sensitive practices and health promotion to stem the tide of this disease. And drug companies need to keep working to create medicines that can heal, and heal in an affordable matter. That is the.same in the US as it is across the globe: Education, Cultural Sensitivity, and Affordable Care. Would that all people be able to access this, for HIV-AIDS as well as all of their needs.
Amen
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