World AIDS Day 2023

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.