World AIDS Day
The World AIDS Campaign connects and strengthens AIDS campaigns from around the world. Through a collaborative approach, the campaign brings together diverse voices with the goal of holding world leaders and governments to account for their promises on AIDS. One of the most visible aspects of the campaign is World AIDS Day - a day of shared global action and awareness held annually on December 1st.
The World AIDS Campaign was founded in 1997 by UNAIDS, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS. The campaign is now administered by an independent World AIDS Campaign Support Team, governed by representatives of the world’s largest campaigning networks, and has offices in The Netherlands and South Africa.
The World AIDS Day 2007 Theme: Take the Lead
Building on from last year’s theme of accountability, the 2007 and 2008 World AIDS Day theme is leadership. The ongoing campaigning slogan of the World AIDS Campaign is “Stop AIDS. Keep the Promise.”
The Theme for World AIDS Day
Each year a particular theme is chosen for World AIDS Day:
2007 – Take the Lead.
2006- Stop AIDS, Keep the promise
2005 - Stop AIDS. Keep the Promise
2004 - Women, Girls, HIV and AIDS
2003 - Stigma & Discrimination
2002 - Stigma & Discrimination
2001 - I care. Do you?
2000 - AIDS : Men make a difference
1999 - Listen, Learn, Live: World AIDS Campaign with Children & Young People
1998 - Force for Change: World AIDS Campaign With Young People
1997 - Children Living in a World with AIDS
1996 - One World, One Hope
1995 - Shared Rights, Shared Responsibilities
1994 - AIDS & the Family
1993 - Act
1992 - Community Commitment
1991 - Sharing the Challenge
1990 - Women & AIDS
1989 - Youth
1988 - Communication
International AIDS Candlelight Memorial Campaign
The Candlelight Memorial, a programme of the Global Health Council, is a 12-month mobilization project that encourages communities and individuals around the world to become more involved with HIV/AIDS work through participation in a worldwide memorial. The Memorial takes place every year on the third Sunday of May.