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Today, December 1st is:
World AIDS Day
In order to promote more social tolerance and a greater awareness of
HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) and AIDS (acquired immune deficiency
syndrome), the World Health Organization (WHO) declared December 1
as World Aids Day in 1988. Every year various global agencies,
including the American Association for World Health, take the lead in
coordinating this day and in educating people about HIV/AIDS, which has
claimed nearly 22 million lives in the 20 years since the first AIDS
cases were diagnosed.
In the United States, local communities, organizations, and schools
have observed World AIDS Day by displaying sections of the NAMES
Project AIDS Memorial Quilt, each square of which represents an
individual who has died of AIDS; exhibiting their own artwork focusing
on the AIDS crisis; disseminating education and prevention materials;
collecting personal care and food items for centers that serve AIDS
patients; and holding candlelight memorial services, among many other
events. From Holidays, Festivals, and Celebrations of the World Dictionary |
Quotation of the Day
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Harm Hippocrates "As to diseases, make a habit of two things—to help, or at least to do no harm. The art has three factors, the disease,
the patient, the physician. The physician is the servant of the art.
The patient must co-operate with the physician in combating the disease."
From Respectfully Quoted
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