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Absolutely. We were the first walk in the country to change our name from aids walk to the walk to end hiv. And its because hiv has been with us now for over three decades. But were not in the same place now, thankfully that we were even ten years ago, 20 years ago, 30 years ago. It used to be that aids equals death. Now hiv is a chronic condition, People Living with hiv who are on treatment can live just as long as someone who is not hiv infected. And theres so much stigma around the term aids. And theres so much kind of misinformation still about aids. That we wanted to emphasize that language is important, its important that we talk about this as hiv as a chronic condition. Yes, its serious. Yes, everyone should get tested. Yes, you should be on treatment if you are hiv positive. But its not the same sort of death sentence that it once was. And thats why we really felt it was so important to move away from the term aids and focu ....

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