World AIDS Day

AIDS Day, celebrated on December 1, is an important event in the calendar of all countries of the world After all, AIDS has been a terrible pan-epidemic for several decades in a row, posing a mortal danger to humanity The importance of combating this disease was first discussed on December 1, 1988 Then, during a meeting of the UN General Assembly, the ministers of health policy adopted an important resolution, according to which all countries of the world were called upon to jointly combat the global problem of the Earth, a dangerous disease - acquired immunodeficiency syndrome In 1996, the United Nations Children's Fund, the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Population Fund, the United Nations Organization for the Intellectual and Spiritual Enlightenment of Humanity (UNESCO), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Bank created " UNAIDS" UNAIDS is a United Nations program whose main mission is to eradicate HIV infection and AIDS To achieve this goal, with the support of the world community, it annually organizes a huge number of projects devoted to the problem of the spread of HIV infection To a large extent, they are all dedicated to AIDS Day and are held on December 1, but in some countries the events become so large in scale that they are held months before and after the day of celebration The projects include the following important components: - trainings with the participation of people infected with HIV, aimed at instilling tolerance in people towards those who have become victims of AIDS; - production of thematic television programs that detail the ways and means of prevention HIV infection In addition, UNAIDS continually provides funding to research companies that are researching HIV infection in an attempt to create a life-saving vaccine One of the main attributes of this holiday is a six-centimeter scarlet ribbon, folded at the top into the English letter “V” The author of this symbol was the painter Frank Moore in 1991 In his opinion, the scarlet ribbon best emphasizes the main idea of ​​AIDS Day She expresses compassion for the families of people who died from the disease, support for those infected and hope that the world will be able to defeat the deadly disease in the near future However, this symbol did not immediately receive official status for AIDS Day He received general recognition only in the summer of 2000, during the Tony Awards ceremony Since then, every year on December 1, every person who wants to express his solidarity with the idea of ​​​​celebrating this day pins a red ribbon to his clothes