Importance of World AIDS Day

Abstract

HIVAIDS is not just a pandemic disease but a prosodemic disease. HIVAIDS had rapidly spread reaching every village of the world neither wind nor water has a role in spreading the disease. The first World Health Assembly WHA met in 1948 at Geneva. Members of the assembly agreed that people all over the world suffered due to World War. Members discussed global health issues and felt the need for medical facility to serve everyone when in need. Hence WHA stressed the importance of awareness of good health and wellbeing. To achieve this awareness about global health all the members of World Health Organization WHO should devote one day to talk about good health and wellbeing and also should provide necessary medical help. Government organizations and non-governmental organizations of all the nations joined hands with WHO. WHO decided to observe ldquoWorld Health Day WHDrdquo every year all over the world. The first WHD was observed on April 7 1950. Mahatma Gandhi Father of our Nation deeply sympathized towards leprosy patients in India. On 30th January 1948 Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated. Government of India decided to observe ldquoMartyrs day 30th January 1948rdquo as ldquoAnti-Leprosy Day in Indiardquo. Every year in India January 30th is observed as anti-leprosy day and during the entire January month survey of all villages is conducted to detect leprosy cases school health programs and leprosy awareness programs for common man are also conducted. In 1954 French journalist Raoul Follereau noticed the success of anti-leprosy awareness activities in India and wanted WHA to observe last Sunday of January as World Leprosy Day WLD. Since 1954 every year Last Sunday of January is observed as lsquoWorld Leprosy Dayrsquo. In 1982 24th March was observed as ldquoWorld Tuberculosis Day WTDrdquo. Dr. Jonathan Mann in 1988 made WHA to devote one day in a year to remember the increasing menace of HIVAIDS. WHA decided to observe 1st of December as ldquoWorld AIDS Day WADrdquo. In 1991 ldquoWorld Diabetes Day WDDrdquo was observed on November 14th. In 1992 December 3rd was observed as ldquoWorld Disability Day WDDrdquo. In 2007 April 25th was observed as ldquoWorld Malaria Day WMDrdquo.