AIDS Day

AIDS Day: Let us show our love to those without hope

India has the third-highest number of people living with HIV in the world with 2.1 million Indians accounting for about four out of 10 people infected with the deadly virus in the Asia—Pacific region, according to a UN report. According to  UNAIDS,  19 million of the 35 million people living with the virus globally do not know their HIV—positive status and so ending the AIDS epidemic by 2030 will require smart scale—up to close the gap. At the end of 2013, there were an estimated 4.8 million people living with HIV across the region. Six countries - China, India, Indonesia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam - account for more than 90 per cent of the people living with HIV in the region.

On World AIDS Day today let each of us take a pledge to create an awareness among people about this deadly disease and show our love to those without hope and protect the generation of tomorrow.