Question: On which day World AIDS Day is observed annually?
(a) 30 November
(b) 1 December
(c) 2 December
(d) None of the above
Ans: b
Recent Context
- Every year the World AIDS Day is celebrated on December 1.
Related Facts
- The day is being celebrated since 1988.
- The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) became operational in 1996, and it took over the planning and promotion of World AIDS Day.
- On this day people around the world unite to show support for people living with and affected by HIV and to remember those who lost their lives to AIDS.
- It is one of the 11 official Global Public Health campaigns of World Health Organisation.
- The 2021 World Aids Day is being celebrated with focus on ending inequality.
- The Global AIDS Strategy 2021–2026: End Inequalities, End AIDS and the Political Declaration on AIDS adopted at the 2021 United Nations High-Level Meeting on AIDS have ending inequalities at their core.
By kameshwar Shukla
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