World AIDS Day has taken place on 1 December every year since 1988. It was the first ever global health day and serves as a reminder for people all over the world to unite in the fight against AIDS.
World AIDS Day has taken place on 1 December every year since 1988. It was the first ever global health day and serves as a reminder for people all over the world to unite in the fight against AIDS.
In 2009, there were 1.8 million AIDS-related deaths. At the end of 2009, there were 33.3 million people worldwide living with HIV. Up to 300 million people are directly affected by the pandemic, including orphaned children.
It is a generally agreed the HIV and AIDS pandemic in Sub-Saharan Africa has been greatly driven by the underlying issues of social inequalities, culture of silence, stigma and discrimination.
In 2006, Concern Ethiopia began using a behaviour change approach called community conversations as part of our HIV prevention programmes in a rural area.
The Concern HIV and AIDS programme works in diverse contexts using a variety of approaches to tackle the complementary policy aims of prevention and mitigation.