World AIDS Day
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- Nov 30, 2015
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World AIDS Day
December 1 2015
December 1 is the annual World's AIDS Day.
The UN (United Nations) World AIDS Day honors AIDS victims and focuses on issues surrounding HIV and AIDS.
HIV is human immunodeficiency virus.
AIDS-Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
AIDS was first identified in 1981 and the name "AIDS" was introduced in July 1982.
AIDS is a condition resulting from damage done by HIV to the immune system.
HIV can only be spread between people through direct contact of a mucous membrane or the blood stream with a bodily fluid.
An estimated 33 million people worldwide have HIV and AIDS. Roughly 2 million people annually die from AIDS related conditions.
Red ribbon- a red ribbon is the most widely recognized symbol of HIV and AIDS and the people who live with this condition.
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