World AIDS Day 2022: 01 December

World AIDS Day 2022: 01 December

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Category : Important Days Published on: December 02 2022

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  • AIDS Day is observed on December 1 each year, spreading awareness about the disease and reminding people and governments that HIV remains a problem.
  • The day is also observed to raise funds for scientific research that can help to find a cure for the disease and save countless lives from misery and suffering.
  • The theme of World AIDS Day 2022 is ‘Equalize’.
  • World AIDS Day was first observed in 1988.
  • James W. Bunn and Thomas Netter were the first to observe the pandemic and spread awareness about it.
  • It was in 1986 that the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) caused India's first case of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS).
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