00:00It's World AIDS Day, which is the international day where we remember everyone who's died of HIV and AIDS, killed by pharmaceutical greed and government in action, and to remember the deal to fight like hell for the living.
00:12What a turnout this morning, it's so beautiful, you know I've been living with HIV for 20 years this year, I took my medication this morning and I remember more than I ever have had everyone who doesn't have access to medication.
00:24With the cuts to USA, the cuts to UK, the cuts to the foreign aid budget, we are looking at essentially another 4 million people dying because they don't have access to treatment by 2030, which will film show very well.
00:40So AIDS is not over, people are here to remember their lost loved ones and have to remember the fact that this is still happening, and it doesn't need to be, because there is medication in the world.
00:50It's just, it's not being given at the prices that it should be, that there's still so much stigma.
00:56One of our activists here lost his friend two weeks ago, who was 37 years old because of internalised HIV stigma.
01:03It's 2025, it should not be happening. We're here because we love the NHS, it's utterly precious, and if that is continued to be chipped away at, people are going to continually die,
01:15because they don't have access to education and prevention and support services.
01:18The National AIDS Transport Report, HIV at the crossroads, shows the lethal danger that HIV education prevention and support services are in.
01:27There's still so much to do, and that's why we're here today, to say we will remember the dead and we will fight like hell for the living until everyone has access to treatment.
01:36For more information, visit www.sqlbs.gov.au.
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