Congregation of the Mission and Daughters of Charity

In 1988, the World Health Organization declared December 1st as World AIDS Day.  United Nations agencies, governments and all sectors of civil society mark the occasion by spreading awareness about the pandemic and campaigning around specific themes related to HIV/AIDS.  From 2011-2015, World AIDS Day will have the theme: “Getting to Zero: Zero new HIV infections, Zero discrimination, Zero AIDS related deaths.”

This year in June, the United Nations General Assembly’s High-Level Meeting on AIDS adopted bold targets for 2015: reduce the sexual transmission of HIV by half, eliminate new infections in children, provide treatment for 15 million people living with HIV, end stigma and discrimination, and close the AIDS funding gap.

Ban Ki-Moon, in his message for World AIDS Day, cites the progress that has been made in the last 30 years as proof that the vision of zero new HIV infections, zero discrimination and zero AIDS-related deaths can be achieved.
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