World AIDS Day 2020

World AIDS Day is celebrated on 1 December every year to raise awareness about the Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) disease.

Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020

Key-Points

The disease is caused by the pandemic disease known as Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). Due to this disease, people get exposed to vulnerable infections and diseases.

The theme this year is ‘Ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic: resilience and impact.’

AIDS is the abbreviation for Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome. It is a chronic illness, which can also be potentially life-threatening. The disease is caused by the human immunodeficiency virus, HIV which affects the human immune system.

According to the WHO, In 2019, there were still 38 million people living with HIV infection. In 2019, 6.9 lakh people died from HIV-related causes and 1.7 million people were newly infected.

Since the inception of the National AIDS Control Program in 1992, India has done a commendable job in raising awareness and bringing down the number of HIV infections.

India is a signatory to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and has committed itself to achieving the target of ending the epidemic of AIDS by 2030.