Jamaica and World AIDS Day
It is being reported how there has been a thirty per cent decrease in the number of new AIDS cases being reported which is certainly good news and reflects the huge work that has gone into raising awareness.
I think that in particular the drive to include dancehall artists and promoters for music events in bringing home this message is a good idea. I went to a concert which which was giving away free condoms and had an information stall and there were artists there too talking on this issue. It is with getting these high profile and influential guys and girls to do something useful with their fame. Buju Banton has his own AIDS charity – I talked to him about this. He told me then how most people don’t know the contribution he makes to help people with the virus.  He wrote this song called Willy don’t be silly.
Find out more about Artistes against AIDS here.
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