We Want You to Know… When the first World AIDS Day was held in 1988, an estimated 625,000 people were living with HIV1. Today, an estimated 38 million people are living with HIV, many of whom are not aware they are HIV infected. Since 1981, when the first HIV case was reported, an estimated 35,000,000 people have died of AIDS.
World AIDS Day 2023 Since 1988, December 1 has been designated by the World Health Organization as World AIDS Day as a platform to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS, and to honor the lives of...