%World AIDS Day 01 December%

Monday November 29, 2021

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World AIDS Day, December 01, is a day commemorated on December 01, with the key objective of raising awareness about HIV AIDS. It’s the 32nd anniversary of Worlds AIDS Day. What is World AIDS Day? Why do we celebrate World AIDS Day? Why is World AIDS Day important? When was World AIDS Day celebrated for the first time, and where? If you are curious about the answers to these questions, then be ready, tuned, and stay connected till the end with us.

World AIDS Day Why is it important?

Every year it is celebrated on December 01, an opportunity for the community to unite against HIV AIDS to remember those who have lost to disease and support those diagnosed with the disease. Furthermore, it’s about raising awareness and teaching the public about the casual agents, spreads, symptoms, and treatments. It is a day that is still a reminder that we still need to fight against HIV AIDS.

World AIDS Day Background

World AIDS Day origin was in 1988 on December 01. The first time celebrated Aids day focuses on raising awareness, especially in Children and Youth, on the impact of AIDS on families, not just a group stigmatized in any transmitting assault. UNAIDS, in 1996, took their operation for campaign purpose, based on education and prevention of AIDS.

The World AIDS campaign, for the first time, registered in 2004 as an independent non-profit organization located in Netherland. In 2018, it was celebrated with the theme “ Know Your Status” to diagnose the World’s 90% HIV population by 2030.

Themes For World AIDS Day

Years	Theme
1988	Inaugural Event
1989	Our World-Our Lives
1990	Women and AIDS
1991	Sharing the challenge
1992	Community Commitment
1993	Time to Act
1994	AIDS and the Family
1995	Shared Right-Shared Responsibilities
1996	One World-One Hope
1997	Children Living with AIDS
1998	World AIDS campaign with young People
1999	World AIDS Campaign with Young People and Children
2000	AIDS: Men make a difference
2001	I care, Do you?
2002	Stigma and Discrimination: Live and let Live
2003	Stigma and Discrimination: Live and let Live
2004	Have you herded me today?
2005	Stop AIDS-Keep Promise
2006	Accountability
2007	Leadership, Take Lead
2008	Leadership, Lead, Empower, Deliver
2009	Universal Access and Human Rights
2010	Universal Access and Human Rights
2011	Getting to Zero: Zero New HIV Infection
2012	Getting to Zero: Zero New HIV Infection
2013	Getting to Zero: Zero New HIV Infection
2014	Getting to Zero: Zero New HIV Infection
2015	Getting to Zero: Zero New HIV Infection
2016	Access Equality Rights Now
2017	Increasing the Impact
2018	Know Your Status
2019	Ending HIV/AIDS Epidemics
202	Ending HIV/AIDS Epidemics

Themes For World AIDS Day

World AIDS Day Fact Sheet

HIV Stats Globally

In 2020, people living with HIV = 37.7 million
Infected Newly with HIV =1.5 million
Deaths and AIDS related illness=680,000
Since the start of epidemics new infected people= 79.3 million
Since the start of epidemics the people died from AIDS related illnes= 36.3 million

Those people who are living with HIV

Adults = 36 million
Children = 1.7 million
Women and girls are 53% of the people living with HIV
In 2020, those people whose status is HIV Positive are 84%
1n 2020, they people who did not even know that theyare living with HIV = 6.1 million

New Infections of HIV

In 1997, 3 million people were infected while in 2020 there were 1.5 million HIV Infections, reduced 52% now.
In 2020, new infection accounted = 50% of women and girls

Deaths related to AIDS

In 2020, the people who have been died from the HIV related illness 680,000 as compared to previous death record in 2003 and 2004.

HIV and Covid-19

People living with HIV face more severe conditions during Covid-19 as compared to those who are not living with HIV, furthermore people living with HIV have no access to Covid- 19 Vaccination.
The restrictions and Covid-19 lockdown has steeply reduced the treatment and referals by 41%, testing for HIV has been reduced by 37% incluuding asian and african countries.

Risk factor of HIV for Key Populations

People injecting drugs = 35 times higher
Transgender women = 34 times higher
Gay womemen = 24 times higher

Key Message

We still face an AIDS emergency; if we do not take the needed measures, we will face a pandemic of COVID and transformations of HIV, resulting in millions of deaths. If we want to eliminate HIV until 2030, we still need to take preventive measures and unite action. We need to apply these preventive measures everywhere in the World.