Ukususela ngo-1988, uSuku lweHlabathi lwe-AIDS lukhunjulwa ngomhla woku-1 kweyoMnga ngenjongo yokwazisa abantu ngobhubhane we-AIDS kunye nokulila abo balahlekileyo ngenxa yezifo ezinxulumene ne-AIDS.

Kulo nyaka, umxholo we-World Health Organisation woSuku lwe-AIDS lweHlabathi uthi 'Linganisa' – ukuqhubeka komxholo wonyaka ophelileyo othi 'phelisa ukungalingani, phelisa i-AIDS'.
Ifuna iinkokheli zempilo zehlabathi kunye noluntu ukuba bandise ukufikelela kwiinkonzo ezibalulekileyo ze-HIV kubo bonke.
Yintoni i-HIV/AIDS?
I-Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, eyaziwa kakhulu ngokuba yi-AIDS, lolona hlobo lubi kakhulu losulelo lwe-human immunodeficiency virus (oko kukuthi, i-HIV).
I-AIDS ichazwa kukukhula kwezifo ezinzulu (ezidla ngokungaqhelekanga), umhlaza, okanye ezinye iingxaki ezisongela ubomi ezibangelwa kukuncipha kancinci kwenkqubo yomzimba yokuzikhusela.

Ngoku sinesixhobo sovavanyo lwe-HIV olukhawulezileyo ukuze kufunyanwe isifo se-AIDS kwangethuba, wamkelekile ukuba unxibelelane nathi ukuze ufumane iinkcukacha ezithe vetshe.