2001 | 3030

The 30 30 Campaign pieces together the dynamic history of HIV in Vancouver, told by and for those who were there.

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2001

Vancouver is the national leader in the Harm Reduction movement because of passionate community members like Gillian Maxwell. This is her story and the story of our Downtown Eastside.

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Statistics

50,456

Canadian who have tested positive for HIV since 1985

4.7

Million are infected with HIV/AIDS in South Africa

800,000

children globally are infected with HIV through birth.

In 2001

Netherlands first

Two planes crash into the World Trade Centre killing 3,000 people.

Ipod is introduced.

Local

Vancouver's Four Pillars Drug Strategy is implemented which aims reduce drug addiction, especially in the Downtown Eastside.

A coffin is presented to Mayor Philip Owen, and a cheque payable to the City of Vancouver for 90 people. One person a day was dying in the Downtown Eastside.

Global

The Greater Involvement of People Living with HIV (GIPA) Principle is endorsed by 189 United Nations member countries.

The Doha Declaration is agreed on by the WTO, which affirms the rights of developing countries to buy or manufacture generic medications to meet public health crises such as HIV/AIDS.

National

National Aboriginal Council on HIV/AIDS is created to have a single council to advice Health Canada on the needs of HIV positive Indigenous people..

Tree of Creation, an Alberta Aboriginal HIV/AIDS Strategy, is published.

Canadian Stephen Lewis becomes the UN special envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa.