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World AIDS Day

World AIDS Day.

Globally, there are now 40 million adults and children with either HIV or Aids, according to the latest figures.

The epidemic shows no signs of abating - with the world on course for five million new cases in 2001.

The epicentre of the catastrophe remains sub-Saharan Africa, where more than 28 million people are thought to be living with the disease, and 2.3 million will die there in 2001.

World AIDS Day.

State of the AIDS

HIV cases: 40m
37.2m adults
2.7m children

New infections: 5m
4.3m adults
800,000 children

Aids deaths: 3m
2.4m adults
580,000 children

Region-wise break-up

Sub-Saharan Africa: 28.1m cases - 2.3m deaths
South and south east Asia: 6.1m cases - 400,000 deaths
Latin America: 1.4m cases - 80,000 deaths
East Asia and Pacific: 1m cases -35,000 deaths
Eastern Europe/ Central Asia: 1m cases -23,000 deaths
North America: 940,000 cases - 20,000 deaths
Western Europe: 560,000 cases - 6,800 deaths
North Africa/ Middle East: 440,000 cases - 30,000 deaths Caribbean: 420,000 cases - 30,000 deaths
Australia/ New Zealand: 15,000 cases -120 deaths

Links

The Body
The NAMES Project
Avert
Pediatric AIDS Foundation
AIDS 101
HIV Education Prison Project
United Nations AIDS Project
National Alliance for Hispanic Health

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