December 1 is
World AIDS Day. It is dedicated to make people more aware of
the AIDS disease around the world. Celebrities
who died of AIDS are remembered on this day. Government officials and
celebrities hold speeches and organize special events on this day. World AIDS Day has become the best
known health day in the world.
In the past
few years AIDS awareness has gone down. People no longer talk about it as much
as they had done in previous years. But, still, HIV remains a threat to men and
women and children around the world. World AIDS Day is supposed to make sure
that we don't forget AIDS. Politicians must keep it on their agenda , even
though there are many other global crises to deal with.
World AIDS Day
was first organized by two WHO officials in 1988. Since then it has been held
every year with a new topic chosen every few years. The current theme is “Stop
AIDS, Keep the Promise”.
AIDS has
killed over 25 million people since 1981. About 40 million people around the
world are infected with HIV . There are 2.7 million new victims every year.
Africa south of the Sahara desert is the region that is most affected by AIDS.
Almost 70% of the world's AIDS victims live here.
HIV is a virus
that attacks the immune system of the body and weakens or destroys it. Then a
person is too weak to fight off infections. Up to now modern medicine has not
yet come up with a vaccine against AIDS but there is medicine that can slow
down the infection. In some cases people can live up to ten years longer with the
disease.
The virus can
be transmitted in different ways. Couples who have sexual intercourse can get
HIV from each other. Drug addicts can pass the virus to those who use the same
needle. AIDS can be transmitted by infected blood after transfusions . The
virus can also be passed to an unborn baby from its mother.
PASSIVE VOICE : SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE
1.
It is
dedicated to make people more aware of the AIDS disease around the world.
Hal
ini didedikasikan untuk membuat orang lebih sadar akan penyakit AIDS di seluruh
dunia.
2.
Celebrities who died of AIDS are remembered on this day.
Selebriti
yang meninggal karena AIDS diingat untuk hari ini.
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