World AIDS Day 2023:
World AIDS Day is observed every year on December 1.
- World AIDS Day is observed every year on December 1 to spread awareness about HIV/AIDS.
- The day is an opportunity to end stigmas associated with this disease, and this day also honours people who lost their precious lives and engage in lives that support HIV/AIDS research and advanced treatment.
- It was first observed in 1988, when the World Health Organisation (WHO) recognised the day.
- The theme of World AIDS Day 2023 is– “Let Communities Lead”
HIV/AIDS:
- Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is a chronic, potentially life-threatening condition caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
- HIV attacks the body’s immune system, making a person more vulnerable to other infections and diseases.
- If HIV is not treated, it can lead to AIDS.
- It is a sexually transmitted infection (STI).
- It can also be spread by contact with infected blood, from illicit injection drug use, or by sharing needles.
- It can also be spread from mother to child during pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding.
- There is currently no effective cure. Once people get HIV, they have it for life.
