World Aids Day
Every 90 minutes, somebody in the UK is diagnosed with HIV. On December 1st, 20 people in the UK will be newly diagnosed with HIV; around the world, over 10,000 will be newly infected. It will happen again on December 2nd, December 3rd and December 4th. It's happening every day of the year.
Wear a red ribbon.
1st December is World Aids Day.
Did you know that:
Ø Two-thirds of people living with HIV are in sub-Saharan Africa. There are now more women than men infected by HIV.
Ø There is a chronic shortage of doctors and nurses, poor infrastructure and insufficient medical equipment are crippling already weak health services in poor countries
Ø Some 39.6 million men, women and children now live with HIV, 14,000 people
are newly infected every day, and 2.9 million people died this year from
AIDS-related illnesses
Oxfam has done some great work for World AIDs Day….check out Annie Lennox video and some key actions that can be taken to help improve health services in developing countries!
(at November 30, 2006 05:41 PM)
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