world aids day

World AIDS Day is December 1st each year and serves as an opportunity for people around the world to unite in the global fight against HIV and AIDS. An estimated 33.3 million people worldwide have HIV, and between 1981 and 2007, more than 25 million people died from the virus, according to the World AIDS Day website. This makes it one of the most destructive pandemics in history.

'Please remember Black women today! Why? December 1st is World AIDS Day and Black women are dying of AIDS.  And is anyone doing anything about it?' For World AIDS Day Rev. Irene Monroe takes a hard look at the status of black women with HIV / AIDS in America from the indifferent American government to race, gender, gay men on the down low and homophobia. 

Today and everyday...

December 1 marks the annual World AIDS Day. Read on to find suggestions about the best, most enjoyable ways to support the cause.

To date, more than 230, 000 African Americans have died of AIDS. The inception of World AIDS Day began, many would say, when the world was in need of prayer. But that was all we had at the time. In 1988, the World Health Organization designated Dec. 1 as the day to pause and reflect on the magnitude of the devastating effect this disease was having on domestic and global communities.