Wednesday, August 31, 2005

Africa... A world distored by AIDS

*Number of people in Africa with HIV: 26 million
*Percent of HIV-positive people age 15-49 in Africa: 8%
*Number of people getting HIV DAILY: 8,500
*Number of people dieing of AIDS DAILY: 6,300
*Number of Children orphaned by AIDS in Africa: 12.3 million
*Number of HIV-Positive South Africans: 5.3 million More that any other country in the world

What are you going to do to make a difference?

(National Geographic)

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