World AIDS day ‘Let Communities Lead’ 2023

 


BY: Shemiah Azarel B. Del Mundo
PHOTO BY: Alona Myka Balbastro

World AIDS Day, is a celebration every first day of December, where they commemorate people around the world to unite to help and support individuals who were affected and have lost their life to HIV and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). World AIDS day marked an important step in the fight against the epidemic. Moreover, it was the first-ever Global Health Day that raises awareness among individuals resulting to promising actions towards those victims suffering from these diseases.

The first celebrated World AIDS Day took place in 1988, and today marks the 35th year to honor this annual event. The red ribbon is the major international symbol of World AIDS Day, demonstrated as commitment of the victims to the fight against the harmful infection caused by sexual contact. Regardless of HIV being a public threat, researchers are increasing access to treatment in order to prevent it from spreading. During the 2022 celebration of World AIDS Day, Rogers said that when the first World AIDS Day was held in 1988, an estimated 90,000 to 150,000 people were infected with HIV, which causes AIDS. Within two decades more than 33 million people were living with HIV infection, and since 1981, when the first AIDS case was reported, 25 million people died of the disease. As a result, AIDS awareness became increasingly concerned with educating societies about HIV/AIDS through the unification and monetary support of international organizations.
There is no exact way to cure AIDS however, there is an effective treatment. The World Health Organization aims to provide treatment to millions considering that we are in a developing world. Goman added that World AIDS Day is an opportunity for people to fight, support and commemorate those who have lost their battle on HIV. Though this disease still remains as public health challenge, governments and organizations unite to develop the closest treatment to prevent it from taking lives.

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