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World AIDS Day 2023: Theme, Significance, History

World AIDS Day 2023:– Every year World AIDS Day is observed on December 1 to spread awareness about Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) caused by Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and support those living with the disease. it also supports those who are living with HIV and remembers those who have passed away from an AIDS-related illness. This day also encourages students from schools, and colleges to contribute to the campaign organized for AIDS.

  • HIV is a global health epidemic due to a number of shortcomings, including division, inequality, and contempt for human rights.
  • The date of World AIDS Day in 2023 is Friday, December 1st.

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World Aids Day 2023 Slogan

The official slogan for World AIDS Day 2023 is “Let Communities Lead.”

World AIDS Day 2023: History

  • In 1998, The World Health Organization (WHO) founded World AIDS Day on December 1, aimed at promoting information sharing between local and national authorities, international organizations, and private citizens.
  • In 1988, the inaugural World AIDS Day was observed between 90,000 and 150,000 persons were HIV-positive, which leads to AIDS.
  • UNAIDS established the World AIDS Campaign (WAC) in 1997 to raise AIDS awareness and integrate AIDS information on a worldwide scale.

World AIDS Day 2023: Theme

  • The theme of World AIDS Day 2023 is ‘Let communities lead’, marking the pivotal impact communities have had in shaping the HIV response.
YearTheme
2022Equalize
2021End inequalities. End AIDS
2020“Ending the HIV/AIDS Epidemic: Resilience and Impact”
2019“Ending the HIV/AIDS Epidemic: Community by Community”
2018“Know your Status”
2017“Right to health”
2016“Hands up for HIV protection: Access Equity Right Now”
2011 – 2015“Getting to zero: zero new HIV infections.
Zero discrimination.
Zero AIDS-related deaths”
2010“Universal Access and Human Rights”

World AIDS Day 2023: FAQs

Why do we celebrate World AIDS Day?

World AIDS Day is observed to raise awareness about AIDS/HIV and to educate people globally.

What is the theme for World AIDS Day 2023?

The theme of World AIDS Day 2023 is: ”let communities lead’.

What is celebrated on World AIDS Day?

This day also encourages students from schools, and colleges to contribute to the campaign organized for AIDS.

Q3. Who proposed the idea of World AIDS Day in 1988?

James W. Bunn and Thomas Netter, public information officers for the AIDS Global Program of the World Health Organization, gave the idea.

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