World AIDS Day

An IRC counselor demonstrates condom use during a voluntary HIV/AIDS counseling and testing session for couples in Turkana, Kenya.

December 1 is World AIDS Day. Thirty years after the first cases of HIV/AIDS were reported, International Rescue Committee programs all over the world are marking the day with awareness-raising activities about preventing the spread of HIV and supporting people living with the disease. 

Here are some facts about HIV/AIDS:

• 33.4 million are currently living with HIV/AIDS.
• In 2008, 2 million people died due to HIV/AIDS, and another 2.7 million were newly infected.
• While cases have been reported in all regions of the world, almost all those living with HIV (97%) reside in low- and middle-income countries, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa.

Here's a look at the how the IRC is fighting HIV/AIDS in Kenya.