World AIDS Day celebration has become the most internationally recognized health day celebration. World AIDS Day provides an important opportunity for health organizations to raise public awareness, discuss possible access to treatment as well as prevention measures. World AIDS Day was first conceived in 1987 by Thomas Netter and James W. Bunn in the month of August. Thomas Netter and James W. Bunn were both Public Information Officers for the AIDS Global Program of WHO (World Health Organization) Geneva, Switzerland. He shared his idea of AIDS Day with Dr. Jonathan Mann Director of AIDS Global Program who approved the idea and started celebrating December 1 as World AIDS Day in the year 1988. It was decided by them to celebrate December 1 every year in the right form as World AIDS Day. They decided to celebrate it at election time, away from the Christmas holidays or other holidays. It should be celebrated during the time when people, news and media broadcast more interest and attention. The United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS, also known as UNAIDS, came into effect in the year 1996 and started promoting it worldwide. Instead of celebrating one day, the World AIDS Campaign launched UNAIDS in 1997 to focus on AIDS programs for better communication, disease prevention and disease awareness throughout the year. In the early years, World AIDS Day themes focused on children as well as youth, which was later recognized as a family disease in which anyone of any age group can become infected with HIV. Since 2007, World AIDS Day has been initiated by the White House presenting an iconic symbol of the AIDS ribbon. People all over the world express their sentimentality towards people suffering from AIDS by wearing red ribbons on this day. This is done to raise awareness about this issue among people. Along with this people also sell this red ribbon to raise funds for the people fighting this disease. Similarly it is also a way of paying homage to the people who lost their lives fighting this disease. As stated by UNAIDS The red ribbon is a way of showing goodwill towards people living with HIV and those who care for them. And it is a good way to prevent discrimination against the victims of this disease. This red ribbon can be used anywhere around the world to create awareness among people.