December 2011- Health Observations and Events

December 2011 Health Current Events - Weeks

Event	Date	Nation	Organisation
THIS WEEKNational Aplastic Anemia and MDS Awareness Week	1st Dec - 7th Dec	United States	AA & MDSIF

National Hand Washing Awareness Week                                                4th Dec−10th Dec

December 2011 Health Events - Days

Event	Date	Nation	Organization
World Aids Day	1st Dec	Worldwide	World Aids Day
International Day Of Disabled Persons	3rd Dec	Worldwide	United Nations

World AIDS Day - 1 December

                                                                    World AIDS Day
                                                                                1 December

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                    In 1988, the General Assembly expressed deep concern at the pandemic proportions of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Noting that the World Health Organization had declared 1 December 1988 World AIDS Day, the Assembly stressed the importance of observing that occasion (resolution 43/15). Today, over 41 million people are living with HIV/AIDS. To combat HIV/AIDS , malaria and other diseases is one of the Millennium Development Goals which all 191 United Nations Member States have pledged to meet by the year 2015.

The World AIDS Campaign (WAC) has chosen as its theme from 2005 to 2010:

“Stop AIDS. Keep the Promise.”