HIV/AIDS RAVAGES NATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS, EXHAUSTS SPIRIT AND BODY, AND CRIPPLES SOCIAL PROGRESS.
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AED is a leader in applying lessons learned in fighting the epidemic internationally to HIV/AIDS prevention efforts in the United States.
AED has been a key partner with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in implementing HIV community prevention planning in all 50 states since 1997.
AED launched USAID's first global AIDS project in 1987.
Today AED operates programs in 25 countries to reduce stigma and discrimination, promote prevention with people who are HIV-positive, provide care for orphans and vulnerable children, promote nutrition care and support, prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV and reduce transmission through workplace prevention and education.
SMARTWork is an international program to mitigate the impact of HIV/AIDS within the labor force by reducing the rate of new infections and ensuring workplace protection and human rights of individuals affected by HIV/AIDS.
Speak for the Child supports families and communities in western Kenya to improve the health, nutrition, and psychosocial care of young children orphaned and affected by HIV/AIDS.
