World AIDS day- 1st December

World AIDs day is commemorated annually on 1st December to raise awareness on HIV/AIDs, celebrate achievements made towards fighting the pandemic and the lives that have been lost to the disease while intensifying efforts towards its control.

Authors: Ritah Namusoosa^1*, Hannington Katumba²

 Institutional affiliation:

¹Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program-Laboratory Leadership Program; Uganda National Institute of Public Health; Ministry of Health Kampala, Uganda

²Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program-Field Epidemiology Training Program; Uganda National Institute of Public Health; Ministry of Health Kampala, Uganda

Correspondence *Tel: +256785842878           email: rnamusoosa@uniph.go.ug