World AIDS Day 2024: Protect Rights, End AIDS – A Call to Action
Posted by Editor on December 1, 2024 - 9:07 am
World AIDS Day falls today (December 1) and this year’s theme is “Protect Rights – End AIDS.”
Health authorities have stated that the annual reporting of HIV cases in Sri Lanka has increased.
Accordingly, within the first six months of this year alone, 421 individuals with HIV have been identified in Sri Lanka.
Last year, 105 individuals aged between 15 and 24 were diagnosed with HIV, accounting for 15% of the total cases that year.
HIV is a virus, and its advanced stage is referred to as AIDS.
If the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) enters a person’s body in any manner, it completely disrupts the individual’s internal immune system.
Latest Headlines in Sri Lanka
- Foreign-made revolver and micro pistol recovered in Valaichchenai raid December 8, 2025
- Sri Lanka receives major humanitarian aid from China following Cyclone Ditwah December 8, 2025
- Sri Lanka President orders urgent repairs on Nuwara Eliya roads and irrigation December 8, 2025
- Government warns public against relief donation fraud December 8, 2025
- Businesses fined for selling water, rice at inflated prices December 8, 2025
