World AIDS Day began in 1988 as a day to focus attention on the HIV/AIDS epidemic throughout the world--across countries, organizations, and governments. Each year there is a theme for World AIDS Day. This year's theme is "Men Make A Difference."

Kaisernetwork.org coverage of World AIDS Day, December 1, includes several webcasts, a Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Special Report, and a compilation of HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention advertisements.

HealthCast Events:

• The UNAIDS World AIDS Day Observance-- AIDS: Men Make a Difference
  UNAIDS, UNICEF, UNDPI, UNFPA and loveLife/The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, in cooperation with UNDP
  A town hall summit on changes in male attitudes and behaviors that could halt the spread of AIDS. Moderated by Riz Kahn, anchor, CNN, the town hall features young men from the Kaiser Family Foundation's loveLife campaign, a major initiative in South Africa to raise HIV awareness and promote safer sex behaviors among youth in that country. The loveLife campaign has been named a designated project of Netaid.org, an on-line philanthropic partnership between the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and Cisco Systems, Inc. Also includes exclusive interviews with loveLife representatives.



• Teen Summit- Watch Yourself: Blacks Confronting AIDS
  Black Entertainment Television/Kaiser Family Foundation
  A televised teen summit that hopes to fill the information gaps and address behaviors and attitudes that put African American teens at risk.



• Panel Discussion- AIDS in the African and African-American Communities
  The National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association the Gay Men's Health Crisis, and the Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center
  A panel of journalists discuss this undercovered story and explore ways to better report on the impact of AIDS on the African and African-American communities.

Other kaisernetwork.org HIV/AIDS Highlights:

• AdWatch Special Feature: HIV/AIDS Awareness and Prevention Advertising
  
  
• Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report; NOTE: Special Report on "The Aging Face of AIDS"
  
  
• Email Alerts on HIV/AIDS Related Issues: Sign up for the Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report or choose the Customized Weekly Reports allowing you to select only those stories of interest to you from the week's Daily Reports. Customized topics for HIV/AIDS include: Care & Treatment, Financing/Insurance, Prevention, Research & Development, and Sex Education.
  
  
• Archived HealthCasts on HIV/AIDS:
  • Financing HIV/AIDS Care: A Quilt with Many Holes - 10/27/2000
    
  • New Strategies to Respond to HIV/AIDS: U.S. Surgeon General Press Conference - 10/3/2000
  
  

For more information on HIV/AIDS and World AIDS Day visit the Kaiser Family Foundation's World AIDS Day Page.
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