The first five cases of what later became known as AIDS were reported 40 years ago.
World AIDS Day marked the first global health day when it was founded back in 1988. The day is observed to raise awareness about the condition, the stigma around it and information on prevention and treatment, as well as to reflect on the global response to the epidemic and what more needs to be done.
This year marks 40 years since the first five cases of AIDS were reported. On June 5, 1981, the CDC published its first report of five previously healthy gay men in Los Angeles who were diagnosed with what would later become known as AIDS. By the end of 1981, a total of 337 cases of individuals with severe immune deficiency were reported in the country.published an article titled"Rare Cancer Seen in 41 Homosexuals," and at this point, the term"gay cancer" entered the public lexicon, according to the CDC. In 1990, a teenager named Ryan White died after being diagnosed with AIDS following a blood transfusion. He faced AIDS-related discrimination in his community in Indiana when he tried to return to school following his diagnosis.Each year, World AIDS Day is centered around a different theme. The theme has been The U.S. government's World AIDS Day theme for 2021 is"Ending the HIV Epidemic: Equitable Access, Everyone's Voice."administration's"strong commitment to ending the HIV epidemic globally by addressing health inequities and ensuring the voices of people with HIV are central in all our work," according to a statement in November on HIV.gov, an official government website managed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The 2021 theme highlights the government's commitment to address"individual, community, and structural factors and inequities that drive the HIV epidemic" and to help those most in need of support. "This includes through concerted efforts to reach key affected populations, such as gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men; racial and ethnic minorities, especially Black/African Americans and Hispanics/Latinos; cisgender and transgender women and girls; the LGBTQI+ community; those who use drugs; and other marginalized populations," the statement said. The theme for World AIDS Day 2020 in the U.S. was"Resilience and Impact" , while in 2019 it was"Community by Community" .Ending the HIV Epidemic: A Plan for America, which highlighted four key ways to help eliminate the HIV/AIDS epidemic: diagnosing people with HIV as early as possible, treating folks with HIV rapidly, preventing new infections by implementing pre-exposure prophylaxis and syringe services programs , and responding quickly to potential HIV outbreaks. Volunteers light candles forming the shape of a red ribbon and a message reading"Stop AIDS" during an awareness event on World AIDS Day in Kolkata, India on December 1, 2019.HIV remains a"major global public health issue," having claimed the lives of over 36 million people to date, according to a statement Tuesday from the World Health Organization. This includes 700,000 Americans. By the end of 2020, there was reported to be an estimated 37.7 million people living with HIV, while 680,000 died from HIV-related causes. According to the CDC, at the end of 2019, the most recent year for which the information is available, an estimated 1,189,700 people in the U.S. were reported to have HIV. In a statement Monday, UNAIDS warned that the world could face 7.7 million AIDS-related deaths over the next 10 years if leaders fail to tackle inequalities and take the"transformative measures needed to end AIDS." UNAIDS executive director Winnie Byanyima stated:"Progress against the AIDS pandemic, which was already off track, is now under even greater strain as the COVID-19 crisis continues to rage, disrupting HIV prevention and treatment services, schooling, violence-prevention programmes and more." Byanyima added efforts must be made to simultaneously end AIDS while"preparing for the pandemics of tomorrow." While some countries, including those with some of the highest rates of HIV, have made"remarkable progress" against AIDS, new HIV infections are not falling fast enough to end the pandemic. There were 1.5 million new HIV infections in 2020 and growing HIV infection rates in some countries, according to
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