St. John's kickstarts relay in support of people with HIV/AIDS
A country-wide relay to raise funds and awareness for people who live with HIV and AIDS began in St. John's Tuesday.
A country-wide relay to raise funds and awareness for people who live with HIV and AIDS began in St. John's Tuesday.
The Mylan Relay for Hope, a partnership between the Mylan pharmaceutical company and the Canadian AIDS Society, is a six-month journey which will end in Hope, B.C., mid-October.
Gerard Yetman, executive director of the AIDS Committee of Newfoundland & Labrador, said this tour has a special significance for the province.
"Since January of 2015, we have had 10 new infections of HIV. We have an outbreak of syphilis," said Yetman. "We have a lot of work to do, we have a lot of people to reach."
Each province will have 40 runners taking part in the event.