AIDS PREVALENCE IN THE WORLD

AIDS EVAPORATES GAINS OF THE 20 TH CENTURY IN AFRICA

AFRICA: REGIONS WHERE MOST MEN ARE UNCIRCUMCISED, AND WHERE HIV PREVALENCE IS HIGH

GLOBAL HIV EPIDEMIC, 1990–2005

HIV EPIDEMIC IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA, 1985–2005

AIDS REVERSES THE USUAL PATTERN OF DISEASE-RELATED MORTALITY, NORMALLY CONCENTRATED AMONG THE VERY YOUNG AND VERY OLD: Southern Africa, before and after the full force of the AIDS epidemic

IMPACT OF AIDS ON UNDER-FIVE MORTALITY RATES Selected Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa

PROJECTED REDUCTION IN AFRICAN AGRICULTURAL LABOR FORCE DUE TO HIV & AIDS BY 2020

NUMBER OF PEOPLE ON ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY IN LOW- AND MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES, 2002–2005

PEOPLE IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA ON ANTIRETROVIRAL TREATMENT AS PERCENTAGE OF THOSE IN NEED, 2002–2005

ESTIMATED TOTAL ANNUAL RESOURCES AVAILABLE FOR AIDS, 1996–2005

2005 COUNTRY PROGRESS TOWARDS 2001 DECLARATION OF COMMITMENT ON HIV/AIDS GLOBAL TARGETS (LOW- AND MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES)

MAIN ACTIONS ON AIDS Open, honest widespread public information campaigns Promote a culture of prevention – target vulnerable groups Monitor blood donations Aggressively reduce stigma & discrimination – counseling, testing Promote behavior change and availability of cheap condoms Prevent other sexually-transmitted diseases (STDs), and care for those with them Cut mother-child transmission (Nevirapine) Explore possibilities for circumcision Anti-retroviral (ARV) treatment for those with AIDS Increase availability of drugs to treat common opportunistic infections Care for orphans Care for families who are care-giving Mainstream AIDS awareness in all public services – schools, agricultural extension, etc. Adapt agricultural technologies for farms affected by AIDS Nutritional education and supplements for those living with AIDS Increase research

AIDS POSTER – KENYA 1992

AIDS POSTER – UGANDA

AIDS POSTER – UGANDA 1993

AIDS POSTER - ZAMBIA

HIV, a simple virus in terms of DNA, skilfully uses 273 human proteins (HIV dependency factors, or HDFs) to completely erode human immune systems. Science Vol. 319, 11 Jan. 2008, pp