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World AIDS Day is observed annually on 1 December to raise global awareness about HIV and AIDS, commemorate those who have died from the disease, and demonstrate international solidarity. As of late 2024, approximately 40.8 million people are living with HIV worldwide, with 1.3 million new infections and 630,000 AIDS-related deaths recorded that year alone. While global deaths have declined by 70% since their 2004 peak, a historic funding crisis and service disruptions now threaten decades of progress. The theme for 2025, "Overcoming disruption, transforming the AIDS response," underscores the urgent need for political leadership and human-rights-centered approaches to reach the goal of ending AIDS as a public health threat by 2030. In India, which accounts for about 5% of global new infections, the National AIDS Control Programme (NACP) has successfully reduced the adult prevalence rate to 0.20%, far below the global average of 0.70%.
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