37 years ago today, December 1, 1988 (October 23, 1988, the lunar calendar), the first World AIDS Day was celebrated. December 1 is World AIDS Day, which was established by the World Health Organization in January 1988. This year is the 32nd World AIDS Day. The purpose of World AIDS Day is to raise public awareness of the dangers of AIDS. On this day, the World Health Organization and health agencies in various countries will carry out various forms of activities to carry out publicity and education on AIDS prevention and control on a global scale to curb the spread and spread of AIDS. Known as the "plague of the 20th century", AIDS is spreading around the world at the rate of one more patient every minute. Since the first case of AIDS was diagnosed in the United States in 1981, AIDS has been detected in 152 countries around the world, and more than 186,000 officially reported AIDS cases have been reported. According to estimates by the World Health Organization, the actual number of AIDS patients has reached 600,000, and there are about 6 million people living with HIV. The United States has the largest number of people living with AIDS in the world, with 107308 cases currently. This is followed by Brazil, Uganda and France. AIDS has posed a serious threat to human society. Its virus is a lifelong infectious virus that destroys the body's immune system, leads to various incurable diseases, and ultimately only death. So far, no AIDS patient in the world has survived for more than five years. December 1, 1988-On the first World AIDS Day announced by the World Health Organization, Beijing held a variety of education activities to tell people that although there is no effective drug to cure AIDS, humans can prevent the spread of AIDS and sexually transmitted diseases, and healthy behavior can protect everyone from suffering from AIDS and sexually transmitted diseases.