HIV/AIDS STATISTICS

    To start of my intriguing topic I must first establish a foundation in which we may know a little bit more about the topic, and its number around the world. How many people does it affect? How many of them are children? As the years progress, HIV/AIDS just keeps spreading and affecting more lives. Every 10 seconds someone is lost to this relentless disease.  

   5 to 6 million people need lifesaving HIV drug treatment in low and middle income countries, yet only seven percent, or 400,000 people, have access to this expensive, much needed treatment. There are many so called "prevention" programs but they only reach fewer than one in five of the people who need them; and an estimated 15 million children under the age of 18 worldwide have lost one or both parents to AIDS! 12 million of them in sub-Saharan Africa. Does this mean HIV/AIDS started in Africa? Why is it such a prevalent disease and cause of death in this one country? Is this what keeps them from becoming a global figure? 

Black, A. (2004, October). HIV/ AIDS. State Magazine . Retrieved from http://sks.sirs.com/cgi-bin/ 

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