Goa Reported 1,335 AIDS Related Deaths Since 1987; 21 deaths in 2024 #Goa #hivpositive #AIDS #Goanews #NewsUpdate | Prudent Media

There were 5,646 reported AIDS related deaths during Reagan’s first term in office. Though journalist Lester Kinsolving first publicly asked Press Secretary Larry Speakes about the epidemic in 1982, Reagan would not even acknowledge its existence until 1985 during his second term. How many deaths could have been prevented if the government had taken seriously the lives and well-beings of gay people? . . . #ronaldreagan #1980s #actup #pressconference #history | Cruising

"If the US assistance for HIV is not restored after the pause, which ends in April, and it is not replaced by other funding (and we have not heard of other governments pledging to fill the gap), there will be, in next four years, an additional 6.3 million AIDS-related deaths." - UNAIDS Executive Director Winnie Byanyima | UN Geneva