Canada is a long-standing and active player in the global HIV/AIDS response. Sustained international efforts to improve access to effective treatments, strengthen health systems, and deliver innovative prevention programs have led to decreases in new infections and AIDS-related mortality. Around the world, more than 35 million people are living with HIV/AIDS-95 percent of them in low and middle-income countries. Compared to 2001, there has been an astounding 38-percent drop in the number of new infections among adults and children combined. AIDS-related mortality has also continued to decline. In 2013, 1.5 million people died of AIDS-related causes-down by 35 percent from the peak in 2005.
December 1 is World AIDS Day, a global opportunity to unite efforts to reduce the spread of HIV and AIDS and support the men, women and children living with or affected by this disease, and to remember those who have died.
| Employment and Social Development Canada
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Prime Minister Stephen Harper today issued the following statement congratulating the Calgary Stampeders on winning the 102nd Grey Cup game, which was played in Vancouver, British Columbia
Antibiotic Awareness Week is a global initiative to promote the responsible use of antibiotic drugs and raise awareness about the public health concern of antibiotic resistance.
| Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada
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The Honourable Bernard Valcourt, Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development, issued the following statement today on the First Nations Financial Transparency Act: