World Aids Day is observed annually every year on 1st December to create awareness and unite people worldwide to fight against HIV and to show support for people living with HIV and commemorate people who have died. Till date it is estimated that 35.3 million people living with HIV – human immunodeficiency virus and around 36 million people were killed with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) between the years 1981 and 2012. There has been various theme which are set to create awareness and unite people across the globe to fifth for the cause of get rid of AIDS and HIV virus from this society and thus this year’s theme is Focus, Partner, Achieve: An AIDS-free generation – to highlight the need to for governments and health officials, NGOs and individuals to address Aids prevention and treatment. World AIDS Day was the first ever global health day and the first one was held in 1988.
World Aids Day History
Observance of World Aids Day idea was conceived and gestated by two public information officers at the World Health Organization called James Bunn and Thomas Netter in the year 1987 to enlighten all the necessity to terminate this disease which has been killing many since past years. World knows that ADS originated initially from Africa to the rest of the world while it was United stated which brought AIDS disease and HIV virus into the public consciousness when it was observed in small number go gay men. World AIDS Day themes are not limited to a single day but are used year-round in international efforts to highlight HIV/AIDS awareness within the context of other major global events including the G8 Summit, as well as local campaigns like the Student Stop AIDS Campaign in the UK.
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December 1st was adjudged as World Aids Day since it would receive maximum media coverage by media as this day would be observed after the US Presidential elections and before the Christmas holidays. World AIDS Day is one of the eight official global public health campaigns marked by the World Health Organization (WHO), along with World Health Day, World Blood Donor Day, World Immunization Week, World Tuberculosis Day, World No Tobacco Day, World Malaria Day and World Hepatitis Day. Since 1995, the President of the United States has made an official proclamation on World AIDS Day. Since the year 2007 White House began marking the day with a display of a 28-foot Aids ribbon as the first symbol to hang on the building since the Lincoln administration. World AIDS Day is observed on social media with the hashtag #WAD2014.
A 67 m long “condom” on the Obelisk of Buenos Aires, Argentina, part of an awareness campaign for the 2005 World AIDS Day
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Global efforts, including the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, have resulted in approximately 11.7 million persons in low-income and middle-income countries receiving antiretroviral therapy for HIV infection in 2013. This is nearly 2 million more persons than in 2012. As of 2012, the multi-year theme for World AIDS Day is “Getting to Zero: Zero new HIV infections. Zero deaths from AIDS-related illness. Zero discrimination.” Different governments and organizations have declared different months as AIDS Awareness Month. The most popular choices are October and December. December is chosen to coincide with World AIDS Day.
A large red ribbon hangs between columns in the north portico of the White House for World AIDS Day, 30 November 2007
World AIDS Day Themes
- 1988 Communication
- 1989 Youth
- 1990 Women and AIDS
- 1991 Sharing the Challenge
- 1992 Community Commitment
- 1993 Act
- 1994 AIDS and the Family
- 1995 Shared Rights, Shared Responsibilities
- 1996 One World. One Hope.
- 1997 Children Living in a World with AIDS
- 1998 Force for Change: World AIDS Campaign With Young People
- 1999 Listen, Learn, Live: World AIDS Campaign with Children & Young People
- 2000 AIDS: Men Make a Difference
- 2001 I care. Do you?
- 2002 Stigma and Discrimination
- 2003 Stigma and Discrimination
- 2004 Women, Girls, HIV and AIDS
- 2005 Stop AIDS. Keep the Promise
- 2006 Stop AIDS. Keep the Promise – Accountability
- 2007 Stop AIDS. Keep the Promise – Leadership
- 2008 Stop AIDS. Keep the Promise – Lead – Empower – Deliver
- 2009 Universal Access and Human Rights
- 2010 Universal Access and Human Rights
- 2011 Getting to Zero
- 2012 Getting to Zero
- 2013 Getting to Zero
- 2014 Getting to Zero
- 2015 Getting to Zero
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