[GlobalHealth] Screening of "Pills, Profit$, Protest: December 8

[Daren Wade]

SPARX AND Global Health Resource Center's World Health Cinema present a special film screening on December 8, 5:30p at the UW Health Sciences, Room K-069.

The 1st of December, World AIDS Day, is the day when individuals and organisations from around the world come together to bring attention to the global AIDS epidemic. 2008 marks the 20th anniversary of World AIDS Day.

Around the world, 33 million people are living with HIV with nearly 7,500 new infections occurring each day. In the United States, CDC estimates that about 1.1 million people are living with HIV. These numbers will most likely increase over time, as antiretroviral drug treatments extend the lives of those with HIV and more people become HIV infected. An estimated 3 million people are now receiving antiretroviral treatment in low and middle-income countries.

The University of Washington is involved in the fight to end AIDS. Our researchers are investigating new vaccine and treatment approaches, providing health care in poor countries, researching new prevention interventions and techniques, and teaching and educating ourselves and the world.

...and because an epidemic of this magnitude deserves more than just one day....

DECEMBER 8, 2008, MONDAY: World AIDS Day Film
"PILLS, PROFIT$, PROTEST: Chronicle of the Global AIDS Movement "
Health Science Building, Room K-069, 5:30-7:00 pm
SPARX and the Global Health Resource Center's World Health Cinema are co-presenting this documentary and discussion one week after World AIDS Day. At the heart of Pills, Profits, Protest, is a thorny question: "Can the world afford universal HIV treatment?" This film examines critical junctures in the battle for access to HIV treatment as the poorest and most marginalized individuals confront larger powers, including governments, corporate bodies and a multinational drug industry.
Pills, Profits and Protest are the three thematic touchstones of this film, each reflecting an important aspect of the current battle. Behind this movement are people, personalities and lives. This film weaves their personal stories with a larger chronicle of history-in-the-making.
Rachel Chapman and James Pfeiffer, faculty in the department of Global Health who work with Health Alliance International, a non-profit organization headquartered here that works hard to promote universal access to health care, will update the audience on major changes since the movie and lead a discussion of themes from the movie.

Please join us for this important film.

What else might you do? Here are the suggestions from the CDC:

 *   Get tested for HIV. To find a testing site center near you, visit hivtest.org<http://www.hivtest.org/> or, on your cell phone, text your zip code to Know IT (566948).
 *   Participate in the Facing AIDS campaign. Take a picture of yourself wearing a red ribbon and add the photo to the "World AIDS Day 08" Flickr group<http://www.flickr.com/groups/wad08/>*, your social network profiles, Twitter, blog, and/or Web site before December 1. Leave it up for at least a week.
 *    Stand up against stigma, racism, and other forms of discrimination associated with HIV/AIDS.
 *   Donate time and money to HIV/AIDS organizations.

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