On 1 December 2018, WHO will join global partners to commemorate World AIDS Day under the theme “Know your status”. This will also be an occasion to celebrate the 30th anniversary of World AIDS Day (WAD30) – a pioneering global health campaign first initiated by WHO in 1988. WHO Regional Offices will create additional regionspecific messages and materials under the global theme.

WHO advocacy and communication for World AIDS Day 2018 will aim to achieve the following objectives:

In May 2016, the World Health Assembly adopted the first "Global health sector strategy on viral hepatitis, 2016-2021". The strategy highlights the need for a radical change in hepatitis care from individualized specialist care to adopting a public health approach aligned to universal health coverage and the Sustainable Development Goals.