65438+February 1 Day is World AIDS Day, which aims to raise public awareness of the global spread of AIDS caused by HIV. It was set as 65438+February 1 because the first AIDS case was diagnosed on 198 1. The symbol of World AIDS Day is a red ribbon. Care and accept HIV-positive patients and their infected people, and unite to fight AIDS.

Basic information

World AIDS Day in China

Date 65438+February 1

Source 1988

English World AIDS Day

Managing the World Health Organization

Objective propaganda; control

Brief introduction of case

198 1 AIDS was first discovered and diagnosed in the United States. The full name is "acquired immunodeficiency syndrome", which is a transliteration of the English abbreviation AIDS, and has been translated into "AIDS" and "love to death". There are two types: H Ⅳ-1and H Ⅳ-2, and each has subtypes. Different subtypes are prevalent in different regions, and the same subtype has certain differences in different regions. Is the human body infected with "human immunodeficiency virus" (H Ⅳ-human immunodeficiency)?

Virus, also known as HIV.

Organisms are born with immune function. When bacteria and viruses invade the human body, even if they are sick, they can be cured under the condition of normal immune function. However, H Ⅳ attacks T4 lymphocytes, the central cell of the human immune system, making the human body lose its resistance.

This virus is contagious for life, destroying people's immune system and making people lose their ability to resist various diseases. HIV itself will not cause any diseases, but when the immune system is destroyed by HIV, the human body will be infected with other diseases due to loss of resistance, leading to various compound infections and deaths. The average incubation period of HIV in human body is 12 to 13 years. Before developing into an AIDS patient, the patient looks normal and can live and work normally for many years without any symptoms.

Date of establishment

The World Health Organization designated 65438+February 1 as World AIDS Day, because the first case of AIDS was diagnosed in 198 1. At the World Health Ministers' AIDS Prevention Project Summit.

AIDS prevention program). Since then, this concept has been adopted by governments, international organizations and charities all over the world.

Symbol

The symbol of World AIDS Day is a red ribbon. Symbolic significance of the thick red ribbon: The thick red ribbon is like a bond, closely linking people all over the world. It symbolizes our concern and support for AIDS patients and infected people. It symbolizes our love for life and our desire for peace; It symbolizes that we should use our "heart" to participate in the prevention of AIDS.

Historical origin

The concept of AIDS Day comes from 1988, at the World Health Ministers' Summit on AIDS Prevention Program.

Minister of Health's AIDS Program

Prevention). Since then, this concept has been adopted by governments, international organizations and charities all over the world.

Since 198 1 found the first case of AIDS infection in the world, in just over 30 years, AIDS has become a major public health and social problem, which has attracted great attention from the World Health Organization and governments around the world. In order to call on people all over the world to take action and unite to fight AIDS, 198865438 1 October, the World Health Organization held a ministerial high-level meeting on "Global AIDS Prevention and Control" in London, which was attended by more than 100 countries, and announced that 65438+February1day was the world every year.

(World AIDS Day); 1996 1, UNAIDS was established in Geneva; 1997 UNAIDS renamed "World AIDS Day" as "World AIDS Prevention and Control Publicity Campaign", making AIDS prevention and control publicity throughout the year.

Purpose of establishment

First, let people know that AIDS can be controlled and prevented on a global scale.

Second, let everyone know that everyone should be responsible for their own actions, which is very important for preventing AIDS.

Third, through the publicity of AIDS Day, arouse people's sympathy and understanding for HIV-infected people, because they have suffered from diseases both physically and mentally, and some HIV-infected people may be passive and innocent.

Fourth, I hope everyone will support the AIDS prevention and control plans formulated by their respective countries, so as to arouse people all over the world to take action to support this work.