World AIDS Day is December 1st.
The World Health Organization designates December 1 every year as World AIDS Day because the first AIDS case was diagnosed on this day in 1981.
Proposed at the World Summit of Ministers of Health on Programs for AIDS Prevention.
Since then, the concept has been adopted by governments, international organizations and charities around the world.
Significance Around the world, many children infected with HIV at birth are entering adolescence.
The World Health Organization and the United Nations Children's Fund jointly released information stating that more than 2 million adolescents aged 10 to 19 are living with HIV around the world.
In addition, millions of adolescents are at risk of infection.
There are still many adolescents infected with HIV who do not have access to antiretroviral treatment.
This is because discrimination, poverty, inequality and other reasons prevent young people from seeking HIV testing, health services and related social support.
Experts from the UNICEF AIDS program said that between 2005 and 2012, AIDS-related deaths among the general population dropped by 30% worldwide, but AIDS-related deaths among adolescents increased by 50%.
There are 6,300 new people infected with HIV every day worldwide, about 40% of whom are young people aged 15 to 24 years old.
In China, the number of teenagers infected with HIV is also on the rise.
The development trend of AIDS in China is shifting from high-risk groups to low-risk groups in traditional consciousness, and college students are becoming one of the threatened groups.
Among the reported cases of HIV infection in the country, the number of infected college students continues to rise. The proportion of young students aged 15 to 24 in the country among all HIV-infected people has increased from 0.9% in 2008 to 1.7% in 2012, or 95%
of students infected are boys, and 70% of them are infected through men who have sex with men.
Dr. Gottfried Hirnschall, Director of WHO's Department of HIV/AIDS, called for: "Adolescents need health services and support appropriate to their needs. They are less likely than adults to be tested for HIV, and they are more likely than adults to receive support to help them. They continue to receive care and adhere to treatment." In 2013, the theme of my country's AIDS Day propaganda was "The world fights AIDS, the world takes responsibility, and the world enjoys the future."
Relevant departments and institutions held World AIDS Day-themed publicity activities at Renmin University of China, Minzu University of China and many other universities to mobilize more college students and young people to participate in AIDS prevention publicity and public welfare activities.