World AIDS Day 2023: Let communities lead

Together for Girls was founded to address a disturbing trend: Girls and young women are disproportionately affected by HIV. They are up to 14 times more likely to have HIV than their male counterparts.

World AIDS Day is a global movement to unite people in the fight against HIV and AIDS. First celebrated in 1988, it is commemorated every 1 December.

World AIDS Day 2023 was celebrated under the theme "Let communities lead", to highlight the achievements of communities in fighting AIDS and as a call to action to enable and support communities in their leadership roles in this fight.

Our work on World AIDS Day 2023

AIDS PEPFAR activists — Activists in front of the White House on Nov., 30, 2007, demand the U.S. government "remove political red tape" from its global HIV/AIDS programs. Credit: Win McNamee via GettyImages

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