AIDS : 1 DEC

       AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) is the final stage of HIV disease, which causes severe damage to the immune system.Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) causes AIDS.AIDS was first recognized by the U. S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 1981 and its cause, HIV, identified in the early 1980s

      The World Health Organization estimates that more than 25 million people worldwide have died from this infection since the start of the epidemic.In 2008, there were approximately 33.4 million people around the world living with HIV/AIDS, .In 2009, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that there are 33.4 million people worldwide living with HIV/AIDS,including 2.1 million children under age 15, with 2.7 million new HIV infections per year and 2.0 million annual deaths due to AIDS.

HIV : Spreading
    Through sexual contact - including oral, vaginal, and anal sex
    Through blood - via blood transfusions or needle sharing
    From mother to child - a pregnant woman can transmit the virus to her fetus through their shared blood    circulation, or a nursing mother can transmit it to her baby in her breast milk

    HIV has been found in saliva, tears, nervous system tissue and spinal fluid, blood, semen (including pre-seminal fluid, which is the liquid that comes out before ejaculation), vaginal fluid, and breast milk. However, only blood, semen, vaginal secretions, and breast milk have been shown to transmit infection to others

HIV : NOT spreading
    Casual contact such as hugging
    Mosquitoes
    Participation in sports
    Touching items that were touched by a person infected with the virus

Symptoms

     AIDS begins with HIV infection. People who are infected with HIV may have no symptoms for 10 years or longer, but they can still transmit the infection to others during this symptom-free period. If the infection is not detected and treated, the immune system gradually weakens and AIDS develops. Common symptoms are:

    Chills
    Fever
    Sweats
    Swollen lymph glands
    Weakness
    Weight loss

Awareness
WHO start campaign against AIDS since 1987. 1 Dec, 1988 was first  International AIDS day by UN-WHO.Theme of 2011 " Geting to Zero"