The World Health Organization (WHO) has designated "Sharing
the Challenge" as the theme of the fourth annual World AIDS Day,
December 1, 1991, to emphasize the importance of a partnership
approach to control the epidemic of human immunodeficiency virus
(HIV) infection and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). On
December 1, WHO, governments, and nongovernmental and community
organizations throughout the world will hold special events
designed to increase knowledge and understanding about AIDS and to
encourage compassion for persons infected with HIV.
In conjunction with this event, the Public Health Service has
designated December 1 as National AIDS Awareness Day. Information
about HIV infection and AIDS and World AIDS Day is available from
CDC's National AIDS Hotline (NAH) and CDC's National AIDS
Clearinghouse (NAC). NAH refers callers to services in their
community; NAC distributes materials and maintains databases on
AIDS service organizations, educational materials, funding sources,
and drug trials. The telephone numbers are: NAH, (800) 342-2437
((800) 342-AIDS; Spanish: (800) 344-7432; or TTY/TDD: (800)
243-7889) and NAC, (800) 458-5231.
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