From its inception until 2004, UNAIDS spearheaded the World AIDS Day campaign, choosing annual themes in consultation with other global health organizations. In 2005 this responsibility was turned over to World AIDS Campaign (WAC), who chose Stop AIDS: Keep the Promise as the over-arching theme for World AIDS Day observences through 2010, with more specific tag lines chosen annually. This theme is not specific to World AIDS Day, but is used year-round in WAC's efforts to highlight HIV/AIDS within the context of other major global events including the G8 Summit. World AIDS Campaign also conducts “in-country” campaigns throughout the world, like the Student Stop AIDS Campaign, an infection-awareness campaign targetting young people throughout the UK
About World AIDS Day
access to antiretroviral treatment and care in many regions of the world, the AIDS epidemic claimed an estimated 3.1 million (between 2.8 and 3.6 million) lives in 2005 of which, more than half a million (570,000) were children.
The concept of a World AIDS Day originated at the 1988 World Summit of Ministers of Health on Programmes for AIDS Prevention. Since then, it has been taken up by governments, international organizations and charities around the world.
World AIDS Day Theme 1988-2007
| Year | Theme |
|---|---|
1988 |
Communication |
1989 |
Youth |
1990 |
Women and AIDS |
1991 |
Sharing the Challenge |
1992 |
Community Commitment |
1993 |
Act |
1994 |
AIDS and the Family |
1995 |
Shared Rights, Shared Responsibilities |
1996 |
One World. One Hope |
1997 |
Children Living in a World with AIDS |
1998 |
Force for Change: World AIDS Campaign With Young People |
1999 |
Listen, Learn, Live: World AIDS Campaign with Children & Young People |
2000 |
AIDS: Men Make a Difference |
2001 |
I care. Do you? |
2002 |
Stigma and Discrimination |
2003 |
Stigma and Discrimination |
2004 |
Women, Girls, HIV and AIDS |
2005 |
Stop AIDS. Keep the Promise |
2006 |
Stop AIDS. Keep the Promise - Accountability |
2007 |
Stop AIDS. Keep the Promise |