WORLD AIDS VACCINE DAY
World AIDS Vaccine Day
is observed yearly to encourage and express gratitude to the volunteers,
community members, health professionals, and scientists who are working
together to find a safe and effective defensive HIV vaccine.
It’s
also a day to educate communities across the nation about the importance of preventive
HIV vaccine research. This day is to inform the world about the efforts being
made on research for a vaccine.
Sub-Saharan Africa has been the worst region hit by the disease.
WHEN IS WORLD AIDS VACCINE DAY?
18th May
IS AIDS VACCINE DAY IS A PUBLIC HOLIDAY
No Aids vaccine day is not observed as a public
holiday.
WHAT ARE HIV AND AIDS?
Many
of us think that HIV and AIDS are one and same. But technically, it’s not. A
person might have HIV but not AIDS. Still, one cannot have AIDS without HIV
because HIV is considered as the first stage of the virus.
HIV
is a virus that enters the human body and attacks the white blood cells, and
gradually killing them. Particularly, these cells are called CD4 cells. This,
in the end, will lower the count of these cells in the body and weaken the
immune system. Other opportunistic diseases then take advantage of this and
start showing up in the victim.
Unlike
other viruses, HIV is not healed by the body.
When
the CD4 cells fall below a certain level, the person is then considered to have
the AIDS virus. This is actually the final stage. AIDS in itself is not a
disease, but a group of signs that prove the immune system has been
compromised.
WORLD AIDS VACCINE DAY HISTORY
The day was introduced in 1997 to
commemorate the anniversary of Clinton’s speech, and has since been observed
every year on the 18th of May. Every year communities around the world hold a
variety of activities on World AIDS Vaccine Day to raise awareness for AIDS
vaccines, educate communities about HIV prevention and research for an AIDS
vaccine and bring attention to the ways in which ordinary people can be a part
of the international effort to stem the deadly disease.
WHAT TO DO ON WORLD AIDS VACCINE DAY
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Get tested for HIV
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Get informed
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Attend an event
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Raise funds or donate
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Make a promise to yourself
Is there a vaccine for prevent AIDS?
No, there is none until now, but the research is progressing well.Hope scientists finds it in near future.
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