"Prince Harry has joined Charlize Theron in a new AIDS campaign almost 40 years after princess Diana's groundbreaking handshake with an AIDS patient. At the height of the HIV/Aids epidemic in the 1980s, Prince Harry's mother, Princess Diana, was one of the few public figures to visibly treat people living with HIV with compassion and humanity. In 1987, she opened the first HIV/Aids unit at London's Middlesex Hospital and, in front of the world's press, shook hands with an HIV patient without wearing gloves - challenging the beliefs of some that the virus could be spread by day-to-day contact."
"Prince Harry has now joined Charlize Theron, Magic Johnson and other celebrities in appearing in a short film, produced by Oscar-nominated writer Ron Nyswaner, that rallies for support for HIV/AIDS amid global cutbacks. The UNAIDS project, which premiered Monday (22 September) at a United Nations assembly in New York, reiterates the aim of ending AIDS as a public health threat by 2030 and also featured HIV activists Fabian Quezada and Andiswa Cindi. It follows US president Donald Trump making cuts to life-saving programs of the United States Agency for International Development or USAID. As a result of the cuts, UK LGBTQ+ charit y Stonewall were forced to undergo an organisation-wide consultation that a spokesperson for the charity told PinkNews would result in redundancies."
Prince Harry joined Charlize Theron, Magic Johnson and other public figures in a short UNAIDS film calling for restored global HIV/AIDS funding amid recent cutbacks. The project premiered at a United Nations assembly and reiterated the goal of ending AIDS as a public health threat by 2030, featuring activists Fabian Quezada and Andiswa Cindi. The funding shortfalls followed cuts to USAID programs, prompting organisational reviews and redundancies at UK LGBTQ+ charity Stonewall. UNAIDS estimates that without restored funding 4.2 million more unnecessary, preventable deaths could occur. Campaigners warn that interruptions to antiretroviral treatment risk newborn HIV infections and reversal of decades of progress.
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