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Today, I鈥檓 wearing my red ribbon with pride for World AIDS Day. In the last 30 years, since the first cases of HIV were discovered, we鈥檝e聽travelled a聽huge聽distance聽in terms of research and treatment.聽Not least because advances in medication now mean that, if diagnosed and treated early enough, people living with HIV can live just as long as people without it.

In the UK we鈥檙e聽committed to tackling the global impacts of this disease 鈥撀爐he ambition has to be聽a future with zero new infections and AIDS-related deaths. That鈥檚 why last year we invested 拢1 billion in the Global Fund to fight AIDS, TB and malaria. This money is helping hundreds of thousands of people around the world get lifesaving treatment.

But, of course, there is still a long way to go. And聽while the science has moved on, too many people鈥檚 attitudes have not. One in 3 people living with HIV say that they have experienced discrimination, because of their condition. That鈥檚 simply unacceptable. So, this World AIDS Day, please visit聽聽to get the facts about HIV and tell the people you know.

It鈥檚 critical that people have the right information, and that the next generation 鈥� through good sex education 鈥� understand the facts. Together, by wearing your red ribbon and tweeting your support using the hashtag we can help break down the stigma that still surrounds this condition and show that there鈥檚 just no place for this kind of discrimination in modern Britain. So please get involved.

Today, let鈥檚 all do our bit.