World AIDS Day is an international
day of acknowledgement and reflection to be actively involved
in spreading the word, or sharing fight the spread against the
disease.
For more than two decades, AIDS is the most significant crises
of | our generation. At present date, HIV/AIDS affects humans
life across the globe: -- Almost 38
million people are living with AIDS
-- Almost 6,000 children are orphaned because
of the disease
-- Over 15 million youngsters under the age of 15 have lost
either one or both parents to AIDS.
-- More than 75 percent of the childless orphans resides in
sub-Saharan Africa.
-- Across the universe, HIV/AIDS is one of
the most debilitating health challenges that impacts the socio-
economics of the world.
-- AIDS is a global urgent pandemic that takes
more than 8,000 lives daily.
HIV/AIDS Overview
This year more (2005) more than million people
were diagnosed as HIV+.
-- Although the number of mortality rate of
AIDS in the United Kingdom and United States is slight, more
cases of HIV are being reported.
-- The acronym for AIDS is Acquired Immune
Deficiency Syndrome
-- HIV is contracted or transmitted via the
exchange of body fluids; including: blood, vaginal secretions,
semen, and breast milk.
-- HIV is the acronym for Human Immunodeficiency
Virus which is deemed the leading cause of AIDS x If someone
is
HIV-positive, it means they have been infected with the virus.
-- Individual infected with HIV are not afflicted
with AIDS until the virus has devastated their immune system.
Once the immune system breaks down, a person is susceptible
to a wide spectrum of infections. (Certain Infections may lead
to death).
-- HIV/AIDS are a universal concern because
it impact the world
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