Aids Stats

 

  33 million people live with HIV/AIDS worldwide. (World Health Organization - Sept 2009)

  An estimated 2.7 million people were newly infected with the virus in 2007. (World Health Organization - Sept 2009)

  HIV/AIDS is the world’s leading infectious killer claiming – to date – more than 25 million lives.
(World Health Organization - Sept 2009)

  An estimated 2 million people die every year from HIV/AIDS. (World Health Organization - Sept 2009)

  The United Nations estimates that more than 5,700 children are orphaned each day because of HIV/AIDS.(unicef – 2007)

  An estimated 15 million children have already lost one or both parents to HIV/AIDS. (UNAIDS - 2008)

  Of the estimated 15 million AIDS orphans, 12 million of them reside in sub-Saharan Africa. (UNAIDS – 2008)

  The number of AIDS orphans is projected to exceed 25 million by the end of the decade. (UNAIDS - 2008)