As the World AIDS Day is almost here, Human Rights Watch says governments around the world should adopt and expand needle and syringe exchange programs as well as effective drug dependency treatment to reduce HIV among people.

“HIV epidemics around the world are being driven by lack of access to needle exchange programs and methadone-maintenance treatment, both proven to reduce drug use. We’ve known for decades that these approaches work, but many governments and international donors either provide too little support or refuse to try them.”

World AIDS Day is on December first, and it aims to stop HIV prejudice and stop the spread of HIV. World AIDS Day brings to people’s attention the worldwide challenges and consequences of the epidemic - ultimately halting the spread of HIV and improving the lives of people living with the virus.

SeaHab Inc., a company offering a medically supervised ocean-going alcohol rehabilitation program, is now accepting reservations for its January Caribbean Cruise. The participants travel at Caribbean for 14 days before returning.

The service SeaHab offers is a different and unique way of alcohol rehabilitation compared to traditional chemical dependency centers. SeaHabs medical advisory team consists of a panel of the healthcare industry’s top professionals with 90 years of combined experience in the field of alcohol rehabilitation.

SeaHab Inc. is the pioneer of this exclusive form of treatment of changing the way people think about substance and alcohol abuse rehabilitation. Recovery from drug and alcohol addiction is said to be accelerated when spending time in this new healing environment.

Miracles Inc. - organization providing services to treat and prevent substance abuse - is planning to sponsor a parade to honor recovering addicts as part of the National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month. The parade will consist of people in recovery, their families and community social service providers who help battle substance abuse.

The parade will begin at Miracles Inc. on East Second Street and culminate in Old Town Square. Perfect Peace Christian Church Dancers will perform a “Chain of Recovery,” designed to show how addiction affects and recovery unites people.

Recovery Month is an annual observance that takes place during the month of September and it’s is sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA’s) Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT). CSAT works cooperatively with a myriad of public and private addiction treatment organizations and related entities to identify, develop, and support approaches and programs that expand and enhance treatment services.

Recovery Month effort aims to promote the societal benefits of alcohol and drug use disorder treatment, laud the contributions of treatment providers and promote the message that recovery from alcohol and drug use disorders in all its forms is possible. Each September, thousands of treatment programs around the country celebrate their successes and share them with their neighbors, friends, and colleagues in an effort to educate the public about treatment, how it works, for whom, and why.

One of the goals of Recovery Month is to educate the public on substance abuse as a national health crisis, that addiction is a treatable, and recovery is possible. Recovery Month shows the benefits of treatment for not only the affected individual, but for their family, friends, workplace, and society as a whole. Accurate knowledge is the key for people to understand the importance of supporting treatment programs, those who work within the treatment field, and those in need of treatment.