Mai i te tau 1988, ka whakanuia te Rā o te AIDS o te Ao i te 1 o Tīhema i ia tau, hei whakanui i te mōhiotanga ki te mate urutā AIDS, hei tangi hoki mō te hunga kua mate i ngā mate e pā ana ki te AIDS.

I tēnei tau, ko te kaupapa matua a te Whakahaere Hauora o te Ao mō te Rā AIDS o te Ao ko 'Whakaōrite' – he kaupapa tonu mai i te kaupapa o te tau kua hipa, 'whakamutua ngā kore ōritetanga, whakamutua te AIDS'.
He karanga tēnei ki ngā kaiārahi hauora o te ao me ngā hapori kia whakapiki ake i te urunga atu o te katoa ki ngā ratonga HIV nui.
He aha te mate HIV/AIDS?
Ko te mate ārai mate kua whiwhihia, e mōhiotia whānuitia ana ko te AIDS, te momo mate kino rawa atu i puta mai i te huaketo ārai mate tangata (arā, te HIV).
Ko te AIDS te pūtake o ngā mate kino (he maha ngā wā kāore i te tino kitea), ngā mate pukupuku, me ētahi atu raruraru morearea rānei e puta mai ana i te ngoikore haere o te pūnaha ārai mate.

Kei a mātou inaianei te kete whakamātautau tere HIV mō te tautuhi wawe i te AIDS, nau mai whakapā mai mō ētahi atu kōrero.