UNITED NATIONS, March 1 (Xinhua) -- The Joint UN Programme on HIVAIDS (UNAIDS) on Wednesday marked Zero Discrimination Day with a "Make Some Noise" campaign, urging people to speak up against discrimination.
"Discrimination takes many forms, and can be based on race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or age," UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said at a daily news briefing here. "For this year's campaign, UNAIDS is putting particular focus on the need for zero discrimination in health-care settings."
According to UNAIDS, people living with disabilities are nearly three times more likely to be denied health-care than other people.
"Healthcare settings should be safe and supportive environments. It is unacceptable that discrimination is inhibiting access to care today," said Michel Sidibe, Executive Director of the UNAIDS, in his message for Zero Discrimination Day.
Each year on March 1, the world marks Zero Discrimination Day "to highlight how everyone can be part of the transformation and take a stand for a fair and just society," the UN agency said in a press release.
"Eliminating discrimination in health-care settings is critical, and we must demand that it become a reality," Sidibe added.
The right to health is a fundamental human right that includes access to affordable, timely and quality health-care services for all, yet discrimination remains widespread in health-care settings, creating a serious barrier to access to HIV services.
Data from 50 countries from the People Living with HIV Stigma Index cited by UNAIDS show that one in eight people living with HIV report being denied health care.
Around 60 percent of European UnionEuropean Economic Area countries report that stigma and discrimination among health-care professionals remains a barrier to the provision of adequate HIV prevention services for men who have sex with men and people who inject drugs.
"Everyone has the right to be treated with respect, to live free from discrimination, coercion and abuse," said Sidibe. "Discrimination doesn't just hurt individuals it hurts everyone, whereas welcoming and embracing diversity in all its forms brings benefits for all."
SYDNEY Cheap Nike Air Vapormax , March 24 (Xinhua) -- Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) is warning its bad debt costs will rise by at least 100 million Australian dollars (75 million U.S. dollars) for the first half of its financial year because of its exposure to the resource industry.
The bank expects its total group credit charge to be a little above 800 million Australian dollars (600.7 million U.S. dollars) for the first half of 2016 due to 'a small number of Australian and multi-national resources related exposures.'
"While the overall credit environment remains broadly stable, we are continuing to see pockets of weakness associated with low commodity prices in the resources sector and in related industries," ANZ Acting Chief Financial Officer Graham Hodges said.
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IG market analyst Angus Nicholson said ANZ almost lost a full 6 percent on Thursday.
"The renewed slide in commodities and the belief that the rally in bank stocks has been overdone all contributed to today's sharp reversal in the sector," Nicholson said.
ANZ will announce its results for the 6 months ending March 31 on May 3.
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