World AIDS Day
Posted: Thu 1 December, 2005 Filed under: News, Thoughts Leave a comment »
Yes, it’s December 1st, which means that it’s World AIDS Day.
It’s odd, but there doesn’t seem to be have been anywhere near as much publicity this year as last. There was no “Link and Think” campaign, for instance.
The theme of World AIDS Day this year is “Stop AIDS : Keep the Promise” – a theme that is needed, as this year we’ve yet again had a large rise in the number of people with HIV.
Today the UN said that AIDS poses an ‘exceptional threat’, and that it needed an “exceptional effort” in order to beat the virus.
The BBC also has a piece about one man living with AIDS which is well worth the read.