Unless something changes, over 250 million people will die from AIDS in the next few years

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Unless something changes, over 250 million people
will die from AIDS in the next few years
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Narrow graves are predug and waiting for the dead
in Zimbabwe
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We are still in the earliest stages of the
epidemic.
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The spread of HIV across the globe is now twice
as fast as five years ago
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85 million people were infected with HIV by the
end of 2002
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In many towns and cities across central Africa,
up to a third of all young adults are infected
with HIV
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AIDS is not a gay plague. There are millions more
women and children infected with HIV throughout
the world than gay men.
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In Romania up to 1 in 10 of all children in
orphanages became infected with infected
needles.
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In South East Asia, HIV is spreading so fast that
it threatens to dwarf the African problem by 2010.
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By 2001, India had more HIV cases than any other
nation. In Bombay alone, there are an estimated
1000 new cases every night.
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In Indonesia, infection rates have jumped in a
year from 15 to 40 among drug users.
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Antiretroviral drugs can prolong life expectancy
but are hugely expensive and often unavailable to
developing countries. In the West, complacency
about HIV is increasing as people mistakenly
believe these drugs are a cure. Already we are
seeing new strains of the virus which are
resistant to treatment.
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Worldwide, over 3 million children have HIV
infection . Half a million die every year.
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Babies of infected mothers are at greatest risk
of catching the HIV virus from the birth process
itself and from breastfeeding.
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In developed countries, 50 of people who
contract HIV will develop AIDS within 10 years.
94 of those with AIDS will die within 5 years.
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What can we do ?
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Unless something changes, over 250 million people
will die from AIDS in the next few years