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World AIDS Day

African Americans and HIV/AIDS

World AIDS Day Themes

The World Health Organization designated, in 1988, December 1st as “World AIDS Day”, as an opportunity for “governments, national AIDS programmes, nongovernmental and local organizations, as well as individuals everywhere to demonstrate both the importance they attached to the combat against AIDS and their solidarity in this efforti.”

The following is a listing of the current and previous World AIDS Days and Campaignsii:

1988 A World United Against AIDS
1989 Our lives, Our World – Let’s Take Care of Each Other
1990 Women and AIDS
1991 Sharing the Challenge
1992 AIDS: A Community Commitment
1993 Time to Act
1994 AIDS and the Family
1995 Shared Rights, Shared Responsibilities
1996 One World, One Hope
1997 Children Living in a World with AIDS
1998 Force for Change: World AIDS Campaign with Children and Young People
1999 Listen, Learn, Live! World AIDS Campaign with Children and Young People
2000 AIDS: Men Make a Difference
2001 Men Make a Difference: “I care…Do you?”
2002 Stigma and Discrimination: “Live and Let Live”
2003 Stigma and Discrimination: “Live and Let Live”
2004 Women, Girls, HIV and AIDSiii

i http://www.unaids.org/en/
ii http://www.avert.org/worldaid.htm
iii http://www.unaids.org/Services/events/List.aspx?displaylang=en