YEREVAN, MAY 13, ARMENPRESS: On May 15, 2005, the AIDS Candlelight Memorial will be held in Yerevan outside the Opera and Ballet House. A candle will be lit in memory of every Armenian who died of AIDS. The annual event, coordinated worldwide by the Global Health Council, commemorates the lives lost to AIDS, demonstrates support for people living HIV/AIDS, and mobilizes community-based responses to HIV/AIDS.
The theme of this year’s International AIDS Candlelight Memorial is “Turning Remembrance into Action.” Among other events are a jazz concert and screening of films about how to prevent and fight AIDS.
On the same day Arno Babajanian concert hall will host presentation of a book of stories of HIV/AIDS carriers, called We Too Want to Live. According to National HIV/AIDS Prevention Center, on May 1 there were 328 Armenians diagnosed with HIV and 83 persons with AIDS. So far 61 Armenians died of AIDS
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