3.4 million (out of
4.9 worldwide) new infected HIV.
2.4 million (out of 3.1 worldwide) AIDS deaths.
25.8
million (out of 40.3
worldwide) people are living with AIDS/HIV.
3.4
million (out of
4.9
worldwide) new infected HIV (69%
of global infection)
2.4
million (out of
3.1
worldwide) AIDS deaths
More than
12 million
children in Africa have lost at least one parent to
HIV/AIDS; this total will reach
18 million by 2010
Every day
in Africa,
6,600
people die and another
8,500 contract
the HIV virus -
1,400 of whom
are newborn babies infected during childbirth or by
their mothers' milk.
