1st December is marked as international World AIDS Day all over the world. It has been a tradition to make people aware of AIDS/HIV on this particular day. It is noticed that lots of developments are taking place in the sector of the medical field in the year 2025. The treatment is also becoming better, people are becoming aware, and people are even aware of AIDS/ HIV. In such a situation, it is most essential to celebrate the happening of World AIDS Day. It is realized that people are mostly of the opinion that AIDS/HIV is a less serious disease, which is not true.

Incidents like the HIV infection cases are still continuing, affecting the life of a person even to date but not necessarily in India. It is not awareness when people are aware of the name of the disease, but it is awareness when people are thoroughly aware of how a particular disease is caused, how one can protect oneself from a particular disease, and how people with a particular disease are treated with respect, care, and dignity.

 

The Human Immunodeficiency Virus, commonly known as the HIV, is a type of virus that affects the immunity cells within a human being. This is mainly because, as a result of the said disease, it creates a condition that is known as Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, which is another name for AIDS. The truth, however, is that individuals with the HIV virus are living healthy lives because of medication, which has been the biggest success in modern science.

Despite all these, people think that the infection of the HIV virus is a “death sentence.” This is because people are still fed with outdated information. It is because of such beliefs that people are not willing to take the test, that people hide the infection, and that people even don’t consider treatments. In relation to the preparations for the celebration of the observance of World AIDS Day, people are encouraged that the infection of the HIV virus is a health matter, not a moral matter, that can be treated properly.

Need for Continuous Awareness

The reason why, even in the year 2025, people are still aware of AIDS is because people are still being infected with the AIDS virus. The bottom line when it comes to youth is that they are at risk because of the inappropriate knowledge that the youth possess when it comes to sex. People are embarrassed to discuss sex, which is what is putting people at risk.

Such awareness is also helpful in cases where it is known how the disease is acquired, as well as how it is not acquired. Even to date, there are a number of myths that are common. For example, it is a belief that the disease can be acquired by touch, by sharing food, by a hug, as well as from the washroom. It is awareness that brings about such misconceptions being eradicated since instead of fear, facts are brought up on World AIDS Day.

Stigma and discrimination may be considered a risk even in the present. Though it’s the year 2025, people living with HIV are still discriminated against; discrimination is seen in job opportunities, learning institutions, in the household, and people fear them, while others believe that it is the blame of a victim to be living with the condition. It is a huge burden on the mind. It’s embarrassing, not for the disease itself, but how society chooses to cope with it. The relevance of World AIDS Day is that people living with AIDS aren’t people living with AIDS; they are people with wants, a job, a family, feelings, and so on. Rather, the stigma must be taken away, and a disease is crying for treatment.

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