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World AIDS Day
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In August 1987, James W. Bunn and Thomas Netter, two public information officers for the Global Programme on AIDS at the World Health Organization in Geneva, came up with the idea of a worldwide day to raise awareness of the AIDS pandemic and to mourn those who had died of the disease. They took it to Jonathan Mann, the director of the Global Programme on AIDS, who approved it and agreed that the first observance should be held on December 1, 1988.
The date was chosen deliberately. Bunn, a former television journalist from San Francisco, recommended December 1 because he believed it would draw…
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In August 1987, James W. Bunn and Thomas Netter, two public information officers for the Global Programme on AIDS at the World Health Organization in Geneva, came up with the idea of a worldwide day to raise awareness of the AIDS pandemic and to mourn those who had died of the disease. They took it to Jonathan Mann, the director of the Global Programme on AIDS, who approved it and agreed that the first observance should be held on December 1, 1988.
The date was chosen deliberately. Bunn, a former television journalist from San Francisco,…
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World AIDS Day
In August 1987, James W. Bunn and Thomas Netter, two public information officers for the Global Programme on AIDS at the World Health Organization in Geneva, came up with the idea of a worldwide day to raise awareness of the AIDS pandemic and to mourn those who had died of the disease. They took it to Jonathan Mann, the director of the Global Programme on AIDS, who approved it and agreed that the first observance should be held on December 1, 1988.
The date was chosen deliberately. Bunn, a former television journalist from San Francisco, recommended December 1 because he believed it would draw the most coverage from Western news media, coming well after the US elections and before the Christmas holidays. The first World AIDS Day was observed on December 1, 1988, and it has been held on that date every year since.
Organization of the day moved with the international response. When the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, UNAIDS, became operational…