World AIDS Day events aim to raise awareness and expand access to HIV testing

Southern Nevada Health District marks World AIDS Day with community events and free HIV testing

Today is #WorldAIDSDay For decades, the global HIV response has shown the world what we can achieve when we stand in unity: governments, scientists, activists, and communities working together, saving millions of lives. But this progress is now threatened as funding shrinks. UNAIDS calls on leaders everywhere: renew your commitment, protect the progress, uphold human rights and, let’s end AIDS as a public health threat. | UNAIDS

On this World AIDS Day, we honor those living with HIV/AIDS, remember those we’ve lost, and recognize the tireless work of activists whose daily, often unglamorous commitment pushed us towards a more just and compassionate future. Today’s archival excerpt—from a 1990 KPIX-TV report inside the ACT UP Media Center during the 6th International AIDS Conference—captures that work in motion: phones ringing, strategies forming, and people fighting for change one task at a time. World AIDS Day, establis