EON+ FOUNDATION , promotes awareness of HIV/AIDS and supports POSITIVE minds to connect with people in the same situation that already went to the process before taking their meds. We connect them by hosting and providing temporary housing in a comfortable and safe environment. With funds raised through special events, the Foundation awards grants to prevention education programs for at-risk groups, cutting-edge research to eradicate the disease, and assistance programs for those living with HIV/AIDS.
Stable housing increases life expectancy and decreases viral loads, increasing their quality of life.
HIV is an auto-immune disease that is affected by many conditions specific to homeless populations such as exposure to heat and cold, communicable diseases common in temporary shelters, and pneumonia. That makes this population particularly vulnerable to illness, which their bodies are unable to fight due to altered immune systems. While other homeless persons with chronic health conditions are surely in need of support, homeless are facing life-or-death situations by sleeping on the streets or in shelters. HIV/AIDS still a sexually communicable disease with specific indicators such as viral loads, CD4 counts and opportunistic infections that distinguishes them from being HIV positive and having AIDS.
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