Thursday, November 17, 2005
World AIDS Day 1 December 2005
Let's make World AIDS Day 2005 one where we all make a difference. How? By publicly making pledge to take one action -big or small- that will contribute to the fight against this disease. HIV/AIDS infects and affects millions of people globally. How we respond to the problem of HIV/AIDS is a measure of our generations humanity.
World AIDS day was conceived and adopted unanimously by 140 countries meeting at the World Summit of Ministers of Health on AIDS, London in January 1988. The day was envisaged as an opportunity for governments, national AIDS programmes, non-governmental and local organizations, as well as individuals everywhere, to demonstrate both the importance they attached to the fight against AIDS and their solidarity in this effort.
-UNAIDS
