Njalo ngonyaka kusukela ngo-1988, uSuku Lomhlaba Lwengculazi lugujwa mhla lu-1 kuZibandlela ngenhloso yokwazisa abantu ngobhubhane lwengculazi nokulila labo abalahlekile ngenxa yezifo ezihlobene nengculazi.

Kulo nyaka, isihloko se-World Health Organisation soSuku Lomhlaba Lwengculazi sithi 'Linganisa' – ukuqhubeka kwesihloko sonyaka odlule esithi 'qeda ukungalingani, qeda ingculazi'.
Kubiza abaholi bezempilo bomhlaba wonke kanye nemiphakathi ukuthi bandise ukufinyelela kwezinsizakalo ezibalulekile ze-HIV kubo bonke.
Kuyini i-HIV/AIDS?
I-Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, eyaziwa kakhulu ngokuthi i-AIDS, iyindlela embi kakhulu yokutheleleka ngegciwane le-human immunodeficiency (okungukuthi, i-HIV).
Ingculaza ichazwa ukukhula kwezifo ezinkulu (ngokuvamile ezingavamile), umdlavuza, noma ezinye izinkinga ezisongela ukuphila ezibangelwa ukuncipha kancane kancane kwesimiso somzimba sokuzivikela.

Manje sinekhithi yokuhlola i-HIV ngokushesha ukuze kutholakale ukuthi une-AIDS kusenesikhathi, wamukelekile ukuxhumana nathi ukuze uthole imininingwane eyengeziwe.