- 6,171 children were orphaned yesterday by AIDS (4-22-09)
- 70 percent of the total world HIV-positive population is in Sub-Saharan Africa
- less than 10 percent of HIV-positive children in need of treatment are being treated.
- Africa alone has 12 million AIDS orphans
- 1/3 of those infected by AIDS are between 15-24
- Every day 1,500 children worldwide become infected with HIV
- Every 14 seconds a child is orphaned by AIDS.
WHY DOES IT EFFECT THE POOR SO MUCH?
- Lack of prevention education
- Prevalence of environmental diseases
- High cost of treatment
- Other factors of poverty (poor health facilities, communication and transportation difficulties and unstable governments)
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