Transforming AIDS response is a call to action on World AIDS Day

Geneva, Dec 1 (Prensa Latina) More than 40 million people worldwide are living with HIV, according to UNAIDS statistics that reflect this Monday on World AIDS Day, its presence, four decades after the first diagnoses.

December 1, 2025
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Proclaimed on October 27, 1988, by the World Health Organization (WHO) and endorsed by the World Health Assembly (WHA), World AIDS Day is a call to action regarding the disease and its consequences, which currently affects 1.4 million children aged 0-14.

Also established by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), the day became the first global commemoration dedicated to health: its initial slogan was “Join the global effort against AIDS.”

Thirty-seven years later, it calls in 2025 for overcoming disruptions, transforming the response to AIDS, in a clear acknowledgment that much remains to be done.

In a list of outstanding issues to minimize the presence of the disease, the UNAIDS website underscores that this year’s theme encompasses a whole host of challenges that have been highlighted worldwide.

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