December 1 marks World AIDS Day December 1, 2012 - 11:56 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - World AIDS Day is held on December 1 each year and is an opportunity for people worldwide to unite in the fight against HIV, show their support for people living with HIV and to commemorate people who have died. World AIDS Day was the first ever global health day and the first one was held in 1988. AIDS, or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, is caused by HIV, or the human immunodeficiency virus, and is considered the last step of the infection. Globally an estimated 34,4 million people, 1.2 million of them in the U.S., have HIV. More than 25 million people between 1981 and 2007 have died from the virus, making it one of the most destructive pandemics in history. The 2012 theme for World AIDS Day is "Working Together for an AIDS-Free Generation". Partner news  Top stories The State Symbols Day was first celebrated in 2010, on the initiative of WE state values preservation foundation. In 1979-1981, Vrezh Israeyelyan worked in “Hayreniki Dzayn” (Homeland Voice) weekly newspaper. Yerevan municipality’s 2013 environmental program envisages creation of new lawns covering area of 3.2 hectares. Melkonian had no prior service record in any country's army before being placed in command of an estimated 4,000 men in the war.   Partner news |  Latest news 7 injured as Beckham fans storm police cordon in Shanghai  David Beckham is in China this week on a seven-day promotional tour for the Chinese Super League, China's top league.Somalia's Islamists threaten to keep attacking ‘disbelievers’ "Our aim is to expel the disbelievers from Muslim lands," Sheikh Abdiasis Abu Musab, al Shabaab's spokesman said.Monet painting fetches £19.7mln at Sotheby’s Purchased at auction in 1996 for $4.2 million, it had been estimated at 15 million pounds to 20 million pounds.Turkish police detain 13 more demonstrators over violence Human rights groups say more than 3,000 people have been detained, then released, since anti-government rallies began. |
