Current Context: World AIDS Day 2025 was observed on 1 December with the theme “Overcoming disruption, transforming the AIDS response.”
- It focuses on restoring HIV services, tackling funding cuts, and ensuring rights-based laws for care.
- The day was first marked in 1988 by WHO & UN, making it the first-ever global health day.
- It raises awareness about HIV/AIDS, honors lives lost, and shows solidarity with those living with HIV.
- Global data (2024): 40.8 million people living with HIV, 1.3 million new infections, 630,000 deaths.
- The observance calls for political leadership, community resilience, and global cooperation to end AIDS by 2030.
Question:
Q.1 What was the theme of World AIDS Day 2025?a) Ending AIDS: Communities Lead
b) Equalize
c) Overcoming disruption, transforming the AIDS response
d) Know Your Status
Answer: c) World AIDS Day 2025 was observed on 1 December with the theme “Overcoming disruption, transforming the AIDS response.”
