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World AIDS Day

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Summary

World AIDS Day is a world day[1]. It draws 868 Wikipedia views per month (world day category, ranking #28 of 248).[2]

Key Facts

  • Field of work: HIV/AIDS[3]
  • Instance of: LGBTQIA+ awareness period[4]
  • Founder: World Health Organization[5]
  • Named after: HIV/AIDS[6]
  • Commons category: World AIDS Day[7]
  • Commemorates: HIV/AIDS[8]
  • Inception: October 27, 1988[9]
  • Organizer: Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS[10], United Nations[11]
  • Day in year for periodic occurrence: December 1[12]
  • Official website: https://www.un.org/es/observances/world-aids-day[13], https://www.un.org/en/observances/world-aids-day[14]
  • Main subject: HIV/AIDS[15]
  • Facet of: HIV/AIDS[16]
  • Official name: Día Mundial del Sida[17]

Why It Matters

World AIDS Day has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 43 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Related Entities

United Nations

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . un.org. Retrieved . un.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] ↑ . un.org. Retrieved . un.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . documents.un.org. documents.un.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . unaids.org. Retrieved . unaids.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . un.org. Retrieved . un.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . un.org. Retrieved . un.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . unaids.org. unaids.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 19w ago · Treisijs · 2026-06-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Maintained by wikiproject → Q15305042
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Maintained by wikiproject: WikiProject AIDS"
  2. 21w ago · Superraptor123 · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Founder → World Health Organization
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    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Different from: World AIDS Vaccine Day"
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