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We are living in the time of the most devastating humanitarian crisis the world has ever known.
Every day in Africa, 6,600 people die and another 8,500 contract the HIV virus - 1,400 of whom are newborn babies infected during childbirth or by their mothers' milk. Africa is home to 25 million people with HIV - 64% of global infections. (UNAIDS)
More than 12 million children in Africa have lost at least one parent to HIV/AIDS; this total will reach 18 million by 2010. (UNAIDS)
Women account for 57 percent of all adults in Sub-Saharan Africa infected with HIV or AIDS. (UNAIDS)
AIDS is a preventable and treatable disease. We know what works in the fight against AIDS: Uganda, for example, got communities across the country involved in preventing AIDS and reduced its rate of infection from 15% to 5% (USAID)
Six million AIDS patients around the world are in immediate need of anti-retroviral drugs (ARVs) but despite progress only 700,000 receive them and just 310,000 of these people are in Africa, the region hardest hit by AIDS. These drugs have a 'Lazarus effect' and can have patients out of bed, back at work and caring for their families within months. (WHO)
Become More Aware:Visit links below for more information on the AIDS epidemic.
