1st December: World AIDS Day 2019. Fight against HIV and support people living with HIV.
Globally, about 36.7 million people are infected with HIV. World AIDS Day is important to remind people worldwide that HIV has not gone away and there is am increase need for awareness and improve health education. As a part of the collective efforts to meet Sustainable Development Goal target 3.3 to end AIDS by 2030, world leaders also set 90-90-90 targets to ensure:
90% of people living with HIV are diagnosed
90% of those diagnosed receive treatment
90% of those receiving treatment achieve viral suppression, all by 2020.