The events marking World AIDS Day, the international day of action on HIV and AIDS (1st December), will include the award ceremony “ Night of the HIV/AIDS TV Commercials , during which the European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Protection Markos Kyprianou will present a prize for 40,000 euros to the “best videoclip of awareness-raising against HIV/AIDS in the EU”. The videos, selected also with the contribution of the MTV television network, are available on the website www.aids-remember-me.eu inaugurated two weeks ago in the framework of the awareness-raising campaign “AIDS – Remember me?”. According to the Commissioner, the primary aim of the campaign consists in “remembering that AIDS is still with us”, at a time when infections are actually increasing in Europe (from 9,000 new cases in 1998 to over 17,000 in 2005). The campaign aims to improve information on prevention and the causes of infection: according to Eurobarometer, almost one European in two underrates the real dangers of contagion. inaugurated two weeks ago in the framework of the awareness-raising campaign “AIDS – Remember me?”. According to the Commissioner, the primary aim of the campaign consists in “remembering that AIDS is still with us”, at a time when infections are actually increasing in Europe (from 9,000 new cases in 1998 to over 17,000 in 2005). The campaign aims to improve information on prevention and the causes of infection: according to Eurobarometer, almost one European in two underrates the real dangers of contagion.
