December 1 – world day of fight against AIDS

On 1 December an initiative of the world health organization, proposed in 1988, is the world day of fight against AIDS. This day became one of the most important international days related to health issues and a key opportunity to raise awareness, of remembrance of remembrance of the victims of the disease, and opportunities to celebrate achievements such as increased access to treatment and prevention. The symbol of AIDS is red ribbon. This ribbon as a symbol of understanding AIDS was conceived in the spring of 1991. Her idea belongs to the artist Frank Moore. He lived in a provincial town of the state of new York, where a neighboring family wore yellow ribbons, hoping for the safe return of his daughter-soldier from the Persian Gulf.