Rhoqo ngonyaka ukususela ngo-1988, uSuku lweHlabathi lwe-AIDS lukhunjulwa ngomhla woku-1 kuDisemba ngenjongo yokwazisa ngobhubhani we-AIDS kunye nokuzilela abo baphulukeneyo ngenxa yezigulo ezinxulumene noGawulayo.

Kulo nyaka, umxholo woMbutho wezeMpilo weHlabathi woSuku lwe-AIDS kwiHlabathi Jikelele uthi 'Lingana' - ukuqhubeka komxholo walo nyaka uphelileyo 'wokuphelisa ukungalingani, ukuphelisa uGawulayo'.
Ibiza iinkokeli zempilo zehlabathi kunye noluntu ukuba lunyuse ufikelelo kwiinkonzo ezibalulekileyo ze-HIV kubo bonke.
Yintoni i-HIV/AIDS?
I-Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, eyaziwa kakhulu ngokuba yi-AIDS, lolona hlobo luqatha losulelo lwe-human immunodeficiency virus (okt, i-HIV).
UGawulayo uchazwa ngokukhula kosulelo oluyingozi (oludla ngokungaqhelekanga), umhlaza, okanye ezinye iingxaki ezisongela ubomi ezibangelwa kukuncipha ngokuthe ngcembe kwamajoni omzimba.

Ngoku sinayo ikiti yovavanyo olukhawulezileyo lwe-HIV yokuxilongwa kwangoko, wamkelekile ukuba uqhagamshelane ngeenkcukacha ezithe vetshe.