Futhi kungukuthi lapho sikhuluma ngakho I-Apple nokusebenzisana kwayo ne- (PRODUCT) RED Ukuxhasa ngezimali izinhlelo zokulwa ne-HIV ne-AIDS, kufanele sikhulume ngokusebenzisana kweminyaka eyi-14 okwenze imali ecishe ibe yizigidi ezingama-250 zamaRandi.
Kulo nyaka iminikelo yakwa-Apple nayo ikhona kulo mkhankaso obizwa nge- (PRODUCT) RED kodwa imali etholakele izobhekisa ekulweni ne-COVID-19. A ingxenye yenani lemikhiqizo ka-Apple "ebomvu" senzelwe lesi sikhwama futhi kulokhu sizosetshenziselwa ukulwa naleli gciwane elisha.
Inkinga ebangelwe yi-COVID-19 ithinta izinhlelo ezibalulekile zokulwa ne-HIV ne-AIDS. Emazweni angaphezu kwe-100 Global Fund, izinhlelo kanye nezinsizakalo ezihlobene nokulwa ne-HIV ne-AIDS zithinteka yi-COVID-19.
Umphathi omkhulu we-Apple, UTim Cook, Wabuye wenza incwadi ku-akhawunti yakhe esemthethweni yenethiwekhi yokuxhumana iTwitter:
Lokhu #WorldAIDSDay, sihlonipha abasebenzi bezokunakekelwa kwezempilo ngokungakhathali belwa nengculaza kanye ne-COVID-19 futhi siyaziqhenya ngokubasekela ngezifihla-buso nezihlangu. Ngeminyaka eyi-14 yethu @NET ngokubambisana, sesiqoqe cishe ama- $ 250M maqondana nempi yokuqeda ingculazi. https://t.co/5lSP2y9vVl
- U-Tim Cook (@t_cook) December 1, 2020
Futhi ukuthi ukulwa ne-HIV ne-AIDS kuya ngokuya kuba nzima ngenxa ye-COVID-19 futhi yingakho kumele sabele izinsizakusebenza ezingaphezulu kakhulu zokuqeda ubhadane lwalesi sifo esisha ngokushesha futhi ngale ndlela siqhubeke nokulwa ukuphumula kwezifo.