Started on 1st December 1988, World AIDS Day is about raising money, increasing awareness, fighting prejudice and improving education.

The World AIDS Day theme for 2010 is 'Universal Access and Human Rights'. World AIDS Day is important in reminding people that HIV has not gone away, and that there are many things still to be done. According to UNAIDS estimates, there are now 33.4 million people living with HIV, including 2.1 million children.

During 2008 some 2.7 million people became newly infected with the virus and an estimated 2 million people died from AIDS.1 Around half of all people who become infected with HIV do so before they are 25 and are killed by AIDS before they are 35.2 The vast majority of people with HIV and AIDS live in lower- and middle-income countries.

But HIV today is a threat to men, women and children on all continents around the world. Source: avert.org Donate to support aidsresearch.org efforts to find a cure for AIDS: http://www.aidsresearch.org/donate/

Donate to support aids.org efforts to provide information, education and awareness about HIV and AIDS: www.aids.org/donate/

Add a red ribbon to your profile picture to raise awareness for the prevention of HIV spread.

Website: www.aids.org/donate/

Created:   Gunter Herzlich on 3rd December 2012