World AIDS Day

According to UNAIDS estimates, there are now 33.2 million people living with HIV, including 2.5 million children. During 2007 some 2.5 million people became newly infected with the virus. Around half of all people who become infected with HIV do so before they are 25 and are killed by AIDS before they are 35.

Around 95% of people with HIV/AIDS live in developing nations. But HIV today is a threat to men, women and children on all continents around the world.

Started on 1st December 1988, World AIDS Day is not just about raising money, but also about increasing awareness, fighting prejudice and improving education. World AIDS Day is important in reminding people that HIV has not gone away, and that there are many things still to be done.(http://www.avert.org)

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Yes, there are still a lot of things to be done. There are a lot of people out there, ignorant of the things about this AIDS pandemic. They still don't give any attention to this whenever I tell them about HIV/AIDS. I am trying to raise awareness. This is my little way of helping to spread the word about AIDS, a way of minimizing the threat of HIV/AIDS.