Know the Purpose and theme of WORLD AIDS DAY 1st December
Celebration Date: December 1 every year
Established: 1988 by the World Health Organization (WHO)
Purpose: To raise awareness about HIV/AIDS, show support for people living with HIV, and commemorate those who have died from AIDS-related illnesses.
First Observed: 1988
YEAR-WISE THEMES / MOTTOS
2025: "Rethink. Rebuild. Rise.”
2024: "Take the Rights Path: My Health, My Right!"
2023: "Let Communities Lead”
2022: “Equalize” – Continuing emphasis on tackling disparities in HIV prevention, treatment, and care
2021: “End Inequalities. End AIDS. End Pandemics”
2020: “Global Solidarity, Shared Responsibility”
2019: “Communities Make the Difference”
2018: “Know Your Status”
2017: “My Health, My Right”
2016: “Hands Up for #HIVPrevention”
2015: “Getting to Zero: Zero New HIV Infections, Zero Discrimination, Zero AIDS-related Deaths”
2014: “Focus, Partner, Achieve: An AIDS-free Generation”
2013: “Shared Responsibility: Strengthening Results for an AIDS-free Generation”
2012: “Getting to Zero: Zero New HIV Infections. Zero Discrimination. Zero AIDS-related Deaths”
2011: “Getting to Zero: Zero New HIV Infections. Zero Discrimination. Zero AIDS-related Deaths”
2010: “Universal Access and Human Rights”
2009: : "Universal Access and Human Rights"
Same focus as 2010
2008: "Stop AIDS. Keep the Promise”
2007: "Stop AIDS. Keep the Promise"
2006: “Stop AIDS. Keep the Promise”
2005: "HIV/AIDS: Stand up for the challenge. It’s everyone’s responsibility”
2004: "Women, girls, HIV and AIDS"
2003: "Live and Let Live"
2002: "Live and Let Live"
Same focus as 2003.
2001: "I care, do you?"
2000: "AIDS: Men Make a Difference"
1999: "AIDS: End the Silence. Listen, Learn, Live!"
1998: "Be a force for change — talk with young people about AIDS"
1997: "Children Living in a World with AIDS"
1996: "One World. One Hope."
1995: "Shared Rights, Shared Responsibilities"
1994: "AIDS and the Family"
1993: "Time to Act"
1992: "AIDS: A Community Commitment"
1991: "Sharing the Challenge"
1990: "Women and AIDS"
1989: "Our Lives, Our World—Let's Take Care of Each Other"
1988: "A World United Against AIDS”
