Around 40 million people worldwide are infected with HIV, 95% of whom live in developing countries.
In 2004, approximately five million people were newly infected with the virus.
HIV/AIDS has killed more than 20 million people worldwide. 3.1 million people died of AIDS-related causes in 2004.
AIDS is the leading cause of death in Africa and the fourth-leading cause of death worldwide.
Act up! Fight AIDS!
- http://www.amfar.org/cgi-bin/iowa/index.html for more information on AmFAR.
- http://www.one.org/ for more information on the One campaign.
-http://www.youthaids-aldo.org/ for more information on Youth AIDS.
- http://www.joinred.com/ for more information on the RED project.
- http://www.theglobalfund.org/en/ for more information on The Global Fund.
http://www.africaalive.org/index0.htm for more information on Africa Alive, the organization I worked with in Tanzania.
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