World AIDS Orphans Day
World AIDS Orphans Day is held on May 7. An event organized by the François-Xavier Bagnoud Association since 2002 to raise public and government awareness of the plight of orphans. This event in the first decade of the month May is annual. 
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An AIDS orphan is a child who became an orphan because one or both parents died from AIDS. 16.5 million children worldwide have lost their mother, father or both parents due to HIV / AIDS. One of the biggest factors contributing to the number of orphans in South Africa has been the AIDS epidemic. The highest number of orphans due to AIDS alive in 2007 was in South Africa. By 2017, at least 2.8 million orphaned children in Africa. Having lost a parent or parents to AIDS, many orphans are themselves vulnerable to HIV infection.
A social campaign that sought to highlight issues surrounding the problem spearheaded the campaign to celebrate the May 7 as World AIDS Orphan Day.
Similar holidays and events, festivals and interesting facts
National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day on March 20
World AIDS Vaccine Day on May 18
National Asian & Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day on May 19 (United States);
Caribbean American HIV/AIDS Awareness Day on June 8
National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day on September 18 (The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that people aged 55 and older accounted for 26% of the estimated 1.2 million people living with diagnosed or undiagnosed HIV infection in the United States in 2013);
National Latino AIDS Awareness Day on October 15 (United States);
National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day on February 7 (United States)
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