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World AIDS day was celebrated in Fall River on
November 29, 2012 with a ceremony at Gromada Plaza in front of Government Center.
About two dozen people gathered at noon to mark the 23rd anniversary of the
worldwide event, the eighteenth time it was celebrated in Fall River. According to Fall River Health and Human Services
Director Henry Vaillancourt, M.D., 221 people
are living with AIDS in the city, 63% of whom are male.
Vaillancourt noted that the largest group in Fall River is represented by intravenous drug users, which accounts for
37.5 percent of the total. Connie Rocha-Mimoso of Seven Hills
Behavioral Health talked about the world-wide effort to get to zero
cases of AIDS. The event continued in the evening with a
candlelight vigil from Government Center to
Sociedade Cultural Acoriana where local organizations were
recognized for their service over the past year. Click
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(Top row, left) Emilo Riveira holds his Chihuahua, Yogi, and balloons along with Elsa Reyes at Gromada Plaza before the ceremony. (Top row, center and right) Connie Rocha-Mimoso of Seven Hills Behavioral Health opens the ceremony and invites Mayor William Flanagan to give some remarks about the impact of HIV/AIDS in Fall River. (Middle row, left) City Health and Human Services Director Dr. Henry Vaillancourt gives some of the statistics describing the toll of HIV/AIDS in Fall River. (Middle row, right) Natasha Vera and Jealexis DeLossantos hold cutouts of the AIDS ribbon. (Bottom row, left) SSTAR Project Aware staff Wanda Cruz and Leonor Luz listen to the speakers. (Bottom row, right) People, including Mark Viveiros, right, gather on the Plaza. |
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