Indian social activists and children release a World AIDS Day awareness sign tied with ballons in Kolkata on December 1, 2015. - AFP
SINCE 1988, Dec 1 has been designated as World AIDS Day.
This is the day dedicated to raising awareness of AIDS and the spread of HIV infection, and also a day devoted to mourning those who have died from the disease.
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