Filipinos release into the air paper lanterns to mark World AIDS Day Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012 at the Heroes Shrine at suburban Quezon city northeast of Manila, Philippines. The activists are calling for increased awareness to the rising number of HIV infections and AIDS-related cases and called on the government and other sectors to help break the social stigma brought about by the disease.

Indian volunteers and the members of the West Bengal Voluntary Health Association (WBVHA) distribute condoms on World Aids day in Siliguri on December 1,2012. The UNAIDS agency says some 2.5 million Indians are living with HIV, many of them ostracized by their communities.

Squares of the AIDS Memorial Quilt are put up on display in the Wood Center at the University of Alaska Fairbanks on Thursday, November 29, 2012 in Fairbanks, Alaska. Established in 1988, the AIDS Memorial Quilt, a project of The NAMES Project Foundation, contains more than 91,000 names on nearly 9,000 squares, each measuring 12 square feet, containing panels made by family and friends honoring their loved ones who have died of AIDS.

Fifteen squares are being displayed at the Wood Center as part of UAF's World AIDS Day Celebration, and will be up for public viewing through Sunday night.

Ukrainians make a red ribbon sign with candles ahead of the World AIDS Day, in Kiev, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012.

MAC VIVA GLAM Spokesperson Ricky Martin Kicks Off World AIDS Day on November 30, 2012 in New York City.

Woman laborers carry water to sprinkle on a sand sculpture, created by sand artist Sudarshan Pattnaik, on the eve of World AIDS Day on a beach in Konark, about 38 miles from Bhubaneswar, India, Friday, Nov. 30, 2012.

Indian volunteers and the members of a social organization holds ribbon-shaped placards for an HIV/AIDS awareness messages during a rally in Kolkata on November 30, 2012, on the eve of World AIDS Day. The UNAIDS agency says some 2.5 million Indians are living with HIV, many of them ostracized by their communities.

Activists of AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) pose with some of the 25,000 post cards addressed to Union Health Minister, fixed on a long red ribbon, during a protest on the eve of World AIDS day in New Delhi on November 30, 2012. The Jan Swasthya Abhiyan (JSA) coalition, consisting of more than 20 networks and 1,000 organizations, held a march to press their demands for health insurance, a right to food, and access to medicine and quality health care services to all citizens of the country.

An Indian Muslim woman covers her face with a sun-visor as attends a rally on World AIDS Day in Mumbai on December 1, 2012. The UNAIDS agency says some 2.5 million Indians are living with HIV, many of them ostracized by their communities.

Indian volunteers and the members of the West Bengal Voluntary Health Association (WBVHA) distribute Red ribbon on World Aids day in Siliguri on December 1,2012. The UNAIDS agency says some 2.5 million Indians are living with HIV, many of them ostracized by their communities.

Sri Lankan members and supporters of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community participate in an event organized to mark World AIDS Day in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012.

Hundreds of Indonesian youths participate in the "Dance 4 Life" as part of social awareness campaign against HIV/AIDS in celebration of the World AIDS Day in Jakarta on December 1, 2012. The southeast Asian nation's incidence of HIV infection increased by more than 25 percent in adults aged 15 to 49 from 2001 to 2011, according to the UNAIDS 2012 Global Report released on November 21, 2012.

Students show their hands painted to look like red ribbons during a World AIDS Day event at a school in Hanshan, central China's Anhui province on November 30, one day before the 2012 AIDS day. Chinese AIDS activists on November 29 accused the Communist Party's new number two Li Keqiang of hypocrisy after he called for more non-government efforts to fight the disease.

French President Francois Hollande is greeted by hospital employee as he arrives for a visit at the Kremlin Bicetre hospital, in Kremlin-Bicetre, south of Paris, as part of the World AIDS Day, on November 30, 2012.

A volunteer wearing a costume featuring a condom performs with others during an AIDS awareness campaign in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Nov. 30, 2012. World AIDS Day is observed on Dec. 1 to increase awareness about the disease.

Members of Berlin's gay community hold candles after a march to mark World AIDS Day on November 30, 2012 in Berlin, Germany. Cities across the world are marking World AIDS Day, which officially takes place on December 1, with a variety of events.

Candles are lit as members of the Berlin gay community come together to mark World AIDS Day on November 30, 2012 in Berlin, Germany. Cities across the world are marking World AIDS Day, which officially takes place on December 1, with a variety of events.

A truck carries a poster advertising World's AIDS Day in Hanoi on December 1, 2012. Since the first HIV case detected in 1990, the number of cases is projected to be 280,000 or 0.47 percent of the Vietnamese population in 2012 with injecting drug users (IDU) accounting for up to 65 percent of people living with HIV.

Pakistani activists from the People Health Movement carry placards to mark World AIDS Day in Karachi on December 1, 2012. More than 100,000 suffer from HIV/AIDS in Pakistan, which has a population of 180 million, but only around 10,000 cases have been reported.

Taiwanese dressed in red T-shirts form the number 2012 to mark World AIDS Day at a train station in Taipei on December 1, 2012. Taiwan's health department organized the event to boost the awareness for HIV and AIDS prevention.

An AIDS activist lights a group of candles placed in the shape of a red ribbon during an event marking World AIDS Day in Manila on December 1, 2012. Discrimination against homosexuals and people infected with HIV is contributing to the rapid rise of the incurable disease in the Philippines, officials and health activists said.

An AIDS activist lights a group of candles placed in the shape of a red ribbon during an event marking World Aids Day in Manila on December 1, 2012. Discrimination against homosexuals and people infected with HIV is contributing to the rapid rise of the incurable disease in the Philippines, officials and health activists said.