STATISTICS:
AIDS is a big problem. The HIV/AIDS epidemic is the greatest health crisis affecting humanity today. The disease is at its most severe in Africa , where it is now the leading cause of death on the continent.
Population Demographic |
World |
Sub-Saharan Africa |
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Adults age 15-49 with HIV/AIDS, 2004 |
37 200 000 |
23 100 000 |
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New HIV infections, 2004 |
4 900 000 |
3 100 000 |
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Adult HIV prevalence (%), 2004 |
1.1 |
7.4 |
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Women age 15-49 with HIV/AIDS, 2004 |
17 600 000 |
13 300 000 |
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Children with HIV/AIDS, 2004 |
2 200 000 |
1 900 000 |
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AIDS orphans (ages 0 ÁV 17), 2003 |
15 000 000 |
12 100 000 |
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AIDS deaths, 2004 |
3 100 000 |
2 300 000 |
Source: UNAIDS
There is Hope!
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Mothers with HIV or AIDS who get good prenatal care and regularly take antiviral drugs during their pregnancy now have less than a 5% chance of passing HIV to their babies. |
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Providing a health-care worker with a bicycle increases the number of patients they can serve by up to 8 times |
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Thanks to a huge education program only 4.1% of adults in Uganda have HIV compared to 8% for all of Sub-Saharan Africa and 81 % of males in Uganda know a condom can prevent HIV/AIDS transmission |
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With financial support 95% of all orphans in Uganda attend school |
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