The Cold Hard Facts… World Wide HIV/AIDS Bell Ringer: Is people’s fear about AIDS/HIV founded?

Facts… Break down of people living with HIV/AIDS Worldwide in 2007= 33.0 million Adults=30.8 million28.2-34.0 million Women living with HIV/AIDS 15.5 million Children living with HIV/AIDS in 2.0 Newly infected with HIV 2.7 million Children newly 0.37 million AIDS deaths 2.0 million Child AIDS deaths in 0.27 million

Reality Check More than 25 million people have died of AIDS since 1981. Africa has 11.6 million AIDS orphans. At the end of 2007, women accounted for 50% of all adults living with HIV worldwide, and for 59% in sub-Saharan Africa. Young people (under 25 years old) account for half of all new HIV infections worldwide. In developing and transitional countries, 9.7 million people are in immediate need of life-saving AIDS drugs; of these, only 2.99 million (31%) are receiving the drugs.

Global Trends (8 million to 33 million)                                                                                                                                                          

Region Adults Children Living Adults/Children Newly Infected Adult Prevalence Deaths of Adults and Children Sub-Sahara Africa 22 Million 1.9 Million 5.0% 1.5 Million North Africa/ the Middle East 380,000 40,000 0.3% 37,000 Asia 5 million Oceania 74, 000 13,000 0.4% 1,000 Latin America 1.7 Million 140,000 0.5% 63,000 Caribbean 230,000 20,000 1.1% 14,000 East Europe/Central Asia 110,000 0.8% 58,000 North America/ Central/West Europe 2.0 Million 81,000 31,000 Global Total 33 Million 2.7 Million

World Wide Pandemic