Stop Aids
In the following poem, we will be addressing the sixth Millennium Development Goal, which focuses on combating diseases and fighting HIV/AIDS. We chose to focus on the 1st indicator “HIV prevalence among population ages 15-24”, because both of us connected with it the most, and felt we had knowledge on the subject. We retrieved our information from an article called HIV Prevalence Among Pregnant Women Aged 15-24 (Wikigender, by Multiple Sources). We also got information from another article, Trends in HIV prevalence and sexual behavior among young people aged 15–24 years in countries most affected by HIV (sti.bmj.com ,by BMJ publishing).
Searching
~By LF and MML~
I can’t believe we are still behind
Knowing that we are sitting at home watching TV
Knowing that half of the new HIV cases are among people under 24 years of age
Knowing that some people try their best
Having to think about goals we cannot keep
Knowing that women have a higher chance of HIV contraction because of their
Unequal social status
Too little to be living in fear
Such small voices, if only we could hear
Next time I peer at a mirror
And don’t like what I see
I’ll remember those children, who’d die to look like me.
Who already are
But a cure isn’t so far
I can feel it
To the young souls, so lost, take their hand
Be their guardian angel, protector, their friend
Make them as happy as ever, before the end
HIV prevalence among population ages 15-24
Waiting to hear the good news
Waiting to see the future
Waiting to loose this terrible disease
Trying to fight
Trying to see the light that is on earth with their families
Lies that have been told like
Being able to lower HIV prevalence by 25% in 2010
Together
United
Combined
We’ll find a way to make the disease stay away
It’s around the next bend
And come what may
In bed they’ll lay
Waiting for the doctor to say
That they don’t have to pay
To see a better day