World AIDS Day
Written on 1 December 2003 | Posted in politicking | World AIDS Day"> 1 Comments
The global HIV/AIDS epidemic killed more than 3 million people in 2003, and an estimated 5 million acquired the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-bringing to 40 million the number of people living with the virus around the world … Although basic knowledge of HIV/AIDS has increased among young people in recent years, it is still disturbingly low in many countries, especially among young women. In too many places, voluntary counselling and testing services are still conspicuous in their absence, and a mere 1% of pregnant women in heavily-affected countries have access to services aimed at preventing mother-to-child HIV transmission.
from AIDS Epidemic Update, 2003 (PDF).
Sadly, much of this is due to stigma and discrimination.
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1 November 2004 @ 16:46