World AIDS Day 2025
AIDS has been one of the serious health challenge confronted by humanity. But over the years we have made steady progress to eliminate the AIDS disease.
World AIDS day 2025 has dawned.
World AIDS Day, designated on 1 December every year since 1988,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. The acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is a life-threatening condition caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The HIV virus attacks the immune system of the patient and reduces its resistance to other diseases.
According to eminent knowledge source Wikipedia, World AIDS Day is one of the eleven 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, World Hepatitis Day, World Antimicrobial Awareness Week, World Patient Safety Day and World Chagas Disease Day.
As of 2020, AIDS has killed between 27.2 million and 47.8 million people worldwide, and an estimated 37.7 million people are living with HIV,making it one of the most important global public health issues in recorded history.
On eve of World AIDS day 2025 United Nations message was World AIDS Day reminds us that we have the power to transform lives and futures, and end the AIDS epidemic once and for all.
The progress we have made is undeniable.
Since 2010, new infections have fallen by 40 per cent.
AIDS-related deaths have declined by more than half.
And access to treatment is better than ever before.But for many people around the world, the crisis continues.
global theme of World AIDS Day is “Overcoming disruption, transforming the AIDS response,” which aims to break down the cycle of stigma and shame attached to the tag of “being HIV positive.” The shame, fear, and stigma are rooted in outdated fear built on the foundation of a lack of awareness about HIV and how it enters the body and affects the immune system.
One hopes world including over great country India continues to make constant progress in eliminating AIDS. Jammu and Kashmir region too should continue to monitor it’s progress against disease.