OIC International Acknowledges World AIDS Day

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Rashida Petersen
Email: rpetersen@oici.org
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OIC International Acknowledges World AIDS Day

Washington, DC—OIC International would like to acknowledge World AIDS Day on the 30th year of the official discovery of HIV/AIDS. OIC International marks this important milestone and celebrates the contributions of corporate leaders, individuals and communities supporting the movement to eliminate HIV/AIDS throughout the world.

“As an organization that believes in self-reliance it is critically important that we remain vigilant in educating communities about the HIV/AIDS epidemic” said Crispian Kirk, President and CEO of OIC International.
OIC International’s Health, Nutrition & HIV/AIDS programs provide health education and palliative care to ensure that individuals and communities have the knowledge and resources to lead healthy lives. OIC International operates in the areas of health skills, maternal and child health and nutrition, family planning, adolescent reproductive health and HIV/AIDS. In particular, we emphasize service to at-risk populations, such as orphans and vulnerable children (OVCs) and people living with HIV/AIDS (PLHIVs).

Today, in honor of World AIDS Day, OIC International supports this year’s theme, “Getting to Zero,” which runs until 2015 and calls upon leaders, communities, parents, people living with HIV and young people to look forward and work towards a world with Zero new HIV infections, Zero discrimination and Zero AIDS-related deaths.

Opportunities Industrialization Centers International (OIC International) is a non-profit organization with a mission to build self-reliance and entrepreneurship through technical and vocational skills development

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