Chaka chilichonse kuyambira mu 1988, Tsiku la Edzi Padziko Lonse limakumbukiridwa pa 1 Disembala ndi cholinga chodziwitsa anthu za mliri wa Edzi ndikulira anthu omwe atayika chifukwa cha matenda okhudzana ndi Edzi.

Chaka chino, mutu wa bungwe la World Health Organization wa Tsiku la Edzi Padziko Lonse ndi 'Kufanana' - kupitiriza mutu wa chaka chatha wakuti 'kuthetsa kusalingana, kuthetsa Edzi'.
Ikupempha atsogoleri azaumoyo padziko lonse lapansi ndi madera kuti awonjezere mwayi wopeza chithandizo chofunikira cha HIV kwa aliyense.
Kodi HIV/AIDS ndi chiyani?
Matenda a Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, omwe amadziwikanso kuti AIDS, ndi matenda oopsa kwambiri omwe amayambitsidwa ndi kachilombo ka HIV (monga HIV).
Edzi imadziwika ndi kukula kwa matenda aakulu (nthawi zambiri osazolowereka), khansa, kapena mavuto ena oopsa omwe amabwera chifukwa cha kufooka kwa chitetezo chamthupi pang'onopang'ono.

Tsopano tili ndi zida zoyesera HIV mwachangu kuti mudziwe matenda a Edzi msanga, tikukulandirani kuti mumve zambiri.