Wednesday, September 8, 2010

AIDS in Africa

People in sub-Saharan Africa with HIV/AIDS 22 million (UNAIDS, 2008)
Proportion of HIV-positive population which is female 60 percent (UNAIDS, 2008)
Total number of Africans killed by AIDS Over 22 million (World Bank, 2007)
Number of Africans killed by AIDS in 2007 1.5 million (UNAIDS, 2008)
Number of children in sub-Saharan Africa who have lost one or both parents to AIDS 11.4 million (UNAIDS, 2008)
Countries with more than 20 percent adults (aged 15-49) infected include: Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland (UNAIDS, 2008)
http://www.alertnet.org/db/crisisprofiles/HIV_AFR.htm

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