Minyaka yonke kusukela ngo-1988, usuku lwe-World AIDS lukhunjulwa ngomhlaka 1 Disemba ngenhloso yokuqwashisa ngobhubhane lwe-AIDS futhi lulile lawo alahlekile ngenxa yezifo ezihlobene nengculazi.

Lo nyaka, isihloko se-World Health Organisation sosuku lwe-World Aids 'lulingana' - ukuqhubeka kwengqikithi yonyaka wokugcina 'wokungalingani kokugcina, izinsiza zokugcina'.
Idinga abaholi bezempilo bomhlaba kanye nemiphakathi ukukhulisa ukufinyelela kwezinsizakalo ezibalulekile ze-HIV kubo bonke.
Yini i-HIV / AIDS?
Isifo se-immunodeficienucieliancyible, esaziwa kakhulu ngokuthi yi-AIDS, yindlela enzima kakhulu yokutheleleka ngegciwane le-Human Immunodeficienful Virus (ie, i-HIV).
Ingculaza ichazwa ngokuthuthukiswa kwezifo ezibucayi (kaningi), umdlavuza, noma ezinye izinkinga ezisongela impilo eziholela ekunciphiseni amasosha omzimba enza kancane kancane.

Manje sinekhithi yokuhlola i-HIV nge-AIDS yokuxilongwa kusenesikhathi, wamukelekile ukuxhumana ngemininingwane eminingi.