People unite in the fight against HIV ahead of World AIDS Day

 A man walks past a mural with a red ribbon symbolized HIV/AIDS awareness on the occasion of World Aids Day in Mumbai, India, 01 December 2016.

Source: EPA

Annual World AIDS Day on December the 1st is an important day to educate people and break down the stigma around HIV and related illnesses.


While many view the virus as an epidemic of the 1980s and '90s, almost 37-million people still live with the condition around the world today.

 


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