Gay Rights Leader Dies of AIDS: Demands MORE HOMOSEXUALITY MARCH OCT 1 on DC

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/07/AR20090607015...


EstimateRange
People living with HIV/AIDS in 200733.0 million30.3-36.1 million
Adults living with HIV/AIDS in 200730.8 million28.2-34.0 million
Women living with HIV/AIDS in 200715.5 million14.2-16.9 million
Children living with HIV/AIDS in 20072.0 million1.9-2.3 million
People newly infected with HIV in 20072.7 million2.2-3.2 million
Children newly infected with HIV in 20070.37 million0.33-0.41 million
AIDS deaths in 20072.0 million1.8-2.3 million
Child AIDS deaths in 20070.27 million0.25-0.29 million
More than 25 million people have died of AIDS since 1981.

Africa has 11.6 million AIDS orphans.

At the end of 2007, women accounted for 50% of all adults living with HIV worldwide, and for 59% in sub-Saharan Africa.

Young people (under 25 years old) account for half of all new HIV infections worldwide.

In developing and transitional countries, 9.7 million people are in immediate need of life-saving AIDS drugs; of these, only 2.99 million (31%) are receiving the drugs.

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@FoundingFathersSayNO If that were true, wouldn't it be all the more reason to  heed the warning.