Date, significance, and theme for this year's World AIDS Day in 2022

World AIDS Day is marked on December 1 each year.

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In August 1988, James W. Bunn and Thomas Netter declared the first World AIDS Day.

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James W. Bunn and Thomas Netter were both public relations specialists for the World Health Organization's AIDS Global Program.

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Medical procedures and research have significantly advanced since the 1990s in terms of how HIV-positive patients are treated.

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The Covid-19 pandemic has merely increased the difficulties facing the HIV pandemic.

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The theme for World AIDS Day in 2022 is "equalise."

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