World AIDS Day is celebrated on 1 December every year in the world to make people aware about AIDS (Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome). AIDS Human Immuno Deficiency (HIV) is an epidemic disease caused by a virus infection. This day is celebrated by public organizations, NGOs, civil society and other health officials by organizing discussion in AIDS related speeches or public meetings.
The President of the United States made an official announcement for World AIDS Day in 1995, which was followed by other countries around the world. According to a rough estimate, about 2.5 million people died in 1981-2007 due to HIV infection. Even after using antiretroviral treatment in many places, in 2007 about 2 lakh people (at least 270,000 children in total) were infected with this epidemic disease.
World AIDS Day celebration has become the most recognized health day festival at the international level. World AIDS Day provides vital opportunities for health organizations to raise awareness among people, to facilitate treatment, as well as to discuss prevention measures.
World AIDS Day will be celebrated on Saturday, December 1, 2018.
History of World AIDS Day
World AIDS Day was first conceived by Thomas Netter and James W. Bann in the month of August 1987. Both Thomas Netter and James W. Banna both were WHO (World Health Organization) public information officer for Geneva, Switzerland's AIDS Global Program. He shared his idea of ​​AIDS Day with Dr. Johnathan Mann (Director of AIDS Global Program), who approved this idea and started celebrating on December 1, 1988 as World AIDS Day. It was decided to celebrate December 1 every year as a World AIDS Day. They decided to celebrate it at the time of election, away from Christmas holidays or other holidays. It should be celebrated during that time when people can give more attention and attention to news and media broadcasts.
United Nations Program on HIV / AIDS, also known as UN AIDS, came into effect in the year 1996 and started promoting it all over the world. Instead of celebrating one day, World AIDS Campaign launched UNAIDS in 1997 to focus on AIDS programs to better communication, disease prevention and disease awareness throughout the year.
In the early years, the focus of World AIDS Day was focused on children as well as youth, which was later identified as a family disease, in which any age group could be infected with HIV. Since World AIDS Day 2007, the White House was started by giving a prestigious symbol of the AIDS ribbon.
World AIDS Day Theme
UN AIDS organizes World AIDS Day Campaign with special annual themes to enhance better global awareness about the disease.
The list of subjects of all the years of World AIDS Day are as follows:
- The topic of the AIDS Day campaign was "Communication" in 1988.
- The topic of year 1989 for "World AIDS Day Campaign" was "youthful".
- The theme of the year 1990 for "World AIDS Day campaign" was "Women and AIDS".
- The theme of the year 1991 for "AIDS Day campaign" was "Sharing Challenges".
- The subject of the year 1992 for the campaign for World AIDS Day was "Commitment to the Community".
- The subject of the year 1993 for the Campaign for World AIDS Day, "Act"
- The theme of the year 1994 for "AIDS and Family" campaign for World AIDS Day.
- The subject of the year 1995 for the Campaign for World AIDS Day, "Shared Rights, Shared Responsibility"
- The subject of the year 1996 for "A World and a Hope" campaign for World AIDS Day.
- The theme of the year 1997 for the World AIDS Day campaign, "Children live in a world of AIDS".
- The subject of the year 1998 for the Campaign for World AIDS Day, "Power for Change: World AIDS Campaign with Young People."
- World AIDS Day Campaign for the year 1999, "Learn, Listen, Stay: World AIDS Campaign with Children and Young People"
- The subject of the year 2000 for the campaign for World AIDS Day, "AIDS: People make difference".
- The topic of the year 2001 for the Campaign for World AIDS Day, "I do care. Do you?"
- The topic of the year 2002 for the Campaign for World AIDS Day, "Blur and Discrimination"
- The subject of the year 2003 for the Campaign for World AIDS Day, "Blur and Discrimination"
- The subject of the year 2004 for the Campaign for World AIDS Day, "Women, Girls, HIV and AIDS"
- The theme for the Year AIDS Campaign for the year 2005 was "AIDS ROCKO: Promise".
- The theme for the year 2006 for the World AIDS Day campaign was "AIDS ROCK: Promise Do-Accountability".
- The subject of the year 2007 for the Campaign for World AIDS Day was "AIDS ROCKO: Promise-Leadership".
- The topic of the year 2008 for the World AIDS campaign was "AIDS ROCKO: Promise-Lead - Strong - Salvation"
- The subject of the year 2009 for the Campaign for World AIDS Day was "Global Access and Human Rights".
- The subject of 2010 for World AIDS Campaign was "Worldwide Access and Human Rights".
- The theme for the Campaign for World AIDS Day was from 2011 to 2015, "Getting Nero: New HIV Infection, Zero, Discrimination, Death related to AIDS."
Activities on World AIDS Day
Various types of activities are undertaken on World AIDS Day to increase public awareness and disseminate the message of that particular year. The main goal of the program is to raise awareness among the people. Some of the activities are given below:
- Community based individuals and organizations should be linked to World AIDS Day activities to organize a planned meeting. These can be started well with local clinics, hospitals, social service agencies, schools, AIDS advocacy groups etc.
- For better awareness, a sequence of singles programs or independent programs by speakers and exhibitors can be determined through forums, rallies, health fairs, community programs, trust services, parades, block parties and etc.
- A public statement can be submitted by World Recognized Agency Board from AIDS Day.
- Red ribbon for schools, work spaces or community groups should wear and share as a sign of hope. Electronic ribbons can also be distributed for social media outlets.
- All activities (such as seminars on prevention of DVD exhibitions and AIDS) should be encouraged for businesses, schools, health care organizations, pastors and local agencies for their great work.
- A candlelight parade can be organized in a public park, or in the nearest agency, the singers, musicians, dancers, poets, story speakers and etc. can deliver message of AIDS prevention through recreational performance.
- Information about World AIDS Day can be distributed by linking your agency's web site.
- All planned programs and activities must be already delivered through e-mail, newsletter, postal or electronic bulletin.
- People can be made aware by exhibiting exhibitions, posters, videos etc. for HIV / AIDS.
- The activities of World AIDS Day can be reported to a large group of people through blogs, Facebook, Twitter or through other social media websites.
- Other groups can actively contribute to celebrate World AIDS Day.
- The celebration of a candlelight can be organized in memory of those who died due to HIV / AIDS.
- Religious leaders are encouraged to talk about AIDS intolerance.
- Food, housing, transportation services can be started to provide companionship to people suffering from HIV / AIDS. In order to increase morality, they can be invited to work in social work, worship or other activities.
The purpose of World AIDS Day
Every year, the purpose of celebrating World AIDS Day is to strengthen the health system, create new and effective policies and programs, and to support the health of the health sectors towards HIV / AIDS, well, to support the Member States. Some of the main objectives of World AIDS Day are listed below:
- Guidelines for member countries to increase prevention and control measures for HIV / AIDS globally.
- Providing technical support for HIV / AIDS cure, testing, STI control and anti-retroviral therapy as well as implementation, prevention of member countries in prevention plan.
- Make people aware about those antiretroviral drugs or other items that can help fight against HIV / AIDS.
- To get the most effective results, include the respected (religious / elite) groups in the campaign.
- Encourage more students from schools, universities and social organizations to contribute to AIDS competitions.
- In addition to controlling the number of HIV / AIDS infected patients, encourage religious groups to promote condoms.
World AIDS Day slogans, quotes and messages
- "There is no limit of HIV / AIDS."
- "Help from AIDS AIDS is similar to the help of society".
- "AIDS is a very tragic illness. Believing a divine retribution about AIDS is like a bullshit ".
- "Give love to a child, laughter and peace, not aids."
- "I know a person who was impotent, who gave AIDS to his wife and what one thing he did was only a Kiss (kiss)."
- "If you assess people, then you have no time to love them."
- "AIDS is a disease that is difficult to talk about".
- "My son has died of AIDS."
- "Lack of education on AIDS, discrimination, fear, and horror caused lies surrounding me."
- "You can not have AIDS with a friend or hugging or eating food."
- "AIDS is very scary. I hope this is not me. "
About AIDS
AIDS (Immune Deficiency Syndrome or Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome) is caused by HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), which attacks the human body's immune system. This disease was first recognized in 1981. This was first known as AIDS on July 27, 1982.
HIV infection is easily transmitted from one person to another if they have ever contacted directly through the body fluid or blood mucous membrane. During the earlier period, many social stigma (scandals) were imposed on people suffering from HIV / AIDS. According to estimates, it has been mentioned that 33 lakh people are infected with HIV and 2 lakhs of people die every year due to this.
HIV is a virus, this disease attacks the T-cells of the immune system and causes a disease that is known as AIDS. It is found in the human body fluids such as: blood, semen, vaginal fluid of the infected person, breast milk, direct contact with others such as: blood transfusion, oral sex, anal sex, vaginal sex or injection of contaminated needle Implants spread by applying. It can spread from pregnant women to children even during childbirth or through breastfeeding.
It was in the region of West-Central Africa in the 19th and 20th centuries. Actually there is no treatment for it, but it can be reduced by some treatments.
Signs of HIV / AIDS
The person with HIV / AIDS has the following signs and symptoms:
- fever
- Chill
- Sore throat
- Sweat during the night
- Increased glands
- Weight event
- Fatigue
- Weakness
- joint pain
- Muscular pain
- Red spots
However, in many cases of this disease, initial symptoms do not appear for many years during which the immune system is destroyed due to HIV virus, which is incurable. The infected person never feels any symptoms during this period and looks healthy.
But in the last phase of HIV infection (the virus weakens the immune system to fight against it), the person gets infected with AIDS. In the last phase the following signs and symptoms begin to appear to the infected person:
- Blurred vision
- Permanent fatigue
- Fever (100F above)
- night sweats
- Diarrhea (persistent and chronic)
- Dry cough
- White spots on the tongue and mouth
- Swelling of the glands
- Weight event
- Shortness of breath
- Grassitis (inflammation of the lower esophagus lining)
- Cancer of the Kaposi sarcoma, cervix, lungs, rectum, liver, head, neck cancer, and immune system (lymphoma).
- Meningitis, encephalitis and peripheral neuropathy
- Toxoplasmosis (brain infection)
- Tuberculosis
- Pneumonia
Some myths have spread in society about AIDS. AIDS is never spread through hand joining, hugging, sneezing, touching unbreakable skin or through the use of a single toilet.
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