World AIDS Day
Solidarity! Solidarity, support and help. Civil commitment.
Today, all over the world celebrate the World Day to combat AIDS.
World AIDS Day is held annually on December 1, is dedicated to increasing awareness of the global epidemic of AIDS due to the spread of HIV. The recurrence was chosen as the first case of AIDS was diagnosed on December 1, 1981. Since then AIDS killed more than 25 million people, becoming one of the most destructive epidemics in history. As recently access to treatment and antiretroviral drugs has improved in many regions of the world, the AIDS epidemic has claimed about 3.1 million victims in 2005, more than half of whom were children.
The idea of \u200b\u200ba World AIDS Day originated at the World Summit of Ministers of Health on Programmes for AIDS prevention in 1988 and was later adopted by governments, international organizations and associations around the world.
Defeating AIDS''is certainly the greatest challenge of our generation.'' The Secretary has reason General Kofi Annan, to recall the entire world to one of the biggest tests of responsibility, namely the fight against one of the most fearsome and terrible pandemics that an appearance and the man cruelly annihilated.
