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World AIDS Day, designated on 1 December every year since 1988, [1] is an international day dedicated to raising awareness of the AIDS pandemic caused by the spread of HIV infection and mourning those who have died of the disease.
Aids Awareness Month has been declared in various countries. [citation needed] Also World Aids Day is an international UN sponsored observance.[16]The US government, in the form of aids.gov, presents an all-year-round diversity AIDS Awareness Calendar, for example for 2016: [17]
Symptoms of HIV Infection. World AIDS Vaccine Day, also known as HIV Vaccine Awareness Day, is observed annually on May 18. HIV vaccine advocates mark the day by promoting the continued urgent need for a vaccine to prevent HIV infection and AIDS. They acknowledge and thank the thousands of volunteers, community members, health professionals ...
PHOTO: President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden walk through sections of the AIDS Memorial Quilt laid out on the South Lawn of the White House to commemorate World AIDS Day in Washington, D.C ...
On the 35th World AIDS Day commemoration, organizations look back and to a future when HIV is not a public health threat. World AIDS Day in Palm Beach County commemorates, educates, looks ahead ...
In 2008, The AIDS Institute launched National HIV/Aids and Aging Awareness Day.
The Red Ribbon Express was launched in India on World AIDS Day, December 1, 2007. The seven coach train was flagged off by United Progressive Alliance Chairperson Sonia Gandhi. [2] The Red Ribbon Express became the first time information and awareness about HIV/AIDS was disseminated through a train service, Indian Railways. [3]
[9] [10] The Red Ribbon continues to be a powerful force in the fight to increase public awareness of HIV/AIDS and in the lobbying efforts to increase funding for AIDS services and research. A large red ribbon hangs between columns in the north portico of the White House for World AIDS Day, November 30, 2007.