Ricki Lake Praises Charlie Sheen For Raising HIV Awareness: He 'Was Incredibly Brave'
Ricki Lake has teamed up with social media stars to launch Treatment For All, a movement to stop the AIDS epidemic by treating those affected with HIV shortly after diagnosis.
The television host sat down with ET to talk about her new initiative, and addressed Charlie Sheen's recent announcement that he's HIV positive.
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"I think it was incredibly brave of him," Lake shared, praising Sheen's comment that he's been on treatment since he was initially diagnosed.
"It's very hard to transmit the disease when you're on medication," Lake added. "If everyone, at the point of diagnosis, is put on these anti-viral meds, they not only will not get sicker themselves, but they will keep from transmitting it to other people."
Despite Sheen raising awareness of HIV, Lake said that the issue is still not widely discussed, despite its "staggering" prevalence across the globe, which is something that needs to change quickly.
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As part of the Treatment For All campaign, which began with the launch of a documentary released on Facebook on Monday, Lake and a number of "social media influencers" were flown to Malawi "to see how HIV/AIDS is effecting that part of the world, and to bring the message back home."
Ultimately, the goal of the campaign is to get treatment for 28 million people by 2020.
Watch Lake's poignant interview with Entertainment Tonight on Tuesday. Check here for local listings.
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