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December 1st, 2005, 09:31 AM
Today is World Aids Day
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/12/01/health/main1088896.shtml
(CBS/AP) World AIDS Day is being marked by events around the globe taking note of the millions who've died from the disease and highlighting campaigns to control it.
As of this 18th World AIDS Day the global AIDS epidemic has killed 25 million people. Last year saw 3.1 million AIDS deaths. If they don't get AIDS drugs, 6 million more people will die in the next year or two, notes health information Website WebMD.com.
New HIV infections have surged to a record high: an estimated 40,300,000 people. That's 5 million more than last year.
An estimated 2.2 million of those infected are children, according to the United Nations, which is marking World AIDS Day with a new campaign to fight the disease in children.
Rich Stearns, president of World Vision, Inc., a Christian relief and development organization dedicated to helping children and their communities worldwide, says unlike a hurricane or tsunami, AIDS is a "constant, insidious disaster" stalking the globe.
I personally have friends volunteering in Africa trying to help the people there cope with this horrible disease. They have told me devastating stories of misery and death and the near wiping out of whole villages and towns.
If it is not stopped there, Africa could become a wasteland....
Give any assistance u can.
snowbound
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/12/01/health/main1088896.shtml
(CBS/AP) World AIDS Day is being marked by events around the globe taking note of the millions who've died from the disease and highlighting campaigns to control it.
As of this 18th World AIDS Day the global AIDS epidemic has killed 25 million people. Last year saw 3.1 million AIDS deaths. If they don't get AIDS drugs, 6 million more people will die in the next year or two, notes health information Website WebMD.com.
New HIV infections have surged to a record high: an estimated 40,300,000 people. That's 5 million more than last year.
An estimated 2.2 million of those infected are children, according to the United Nations, which is marking World AIDS Day with a new campaign to fight the disease in children.
Rich Stearns, president of World Vision, Inc., a Christian relief and development organization dedicated to helping children and their communities worldwide, says unlike a hurricane or tsunami, AIDS is a "constant, insidious disaster" stalking the globe.
I personally have friends volunteering in Africa trying to help the people there cope with this horrible disease. They have told me devastating stories of misery and death and the near wiping out of whole villages and towns.
If it is not stopped there, Africa could become a wasteland....
Give any assistance u can.
snowbound