U'N': No end in sight for AIDS epidemic

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U.N. No end in sight for AIDS epidemic

• Erin Dawe
• EDU 290
• http//www.cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/conditions/11/25/ai
  ds/index.html

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AIDS Statistics are Startling

• Estimated 40 million people infected worldwide
• Africa 1 in 5 adults living with AIDS
• New wave in China, India, Indonesia and Russia

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2003 Statistics on the Rise

• Highest figures ever
• In this year alone
• 3 million dead
• 5 million infected

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South Africa Statistics

• Entire country holds only 2 of worlds population
• 30 of worlds HIV/AIDS victims
• Holds more then any other country
• Estimated 5.3 million at end of 2002
• Puts infected rate in Botswana and Swaziland at
  39

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Dr. Peter Piot

• Executive director of UNAIDS
• Coordinates global efforts to fight disease
• global efforts remain inadequate for an
  epidemic that is continuing to spiral out of
  control.

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Dr. Peter Piot

• AIDS is tightening its grip on southern Africa
• threatening other regions of the world.
• act now or pay later as Africa is now having
  to pay.

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What U.N. Report Says

• U.S. has positive response to fighting disease
• Little is being done in other areas
• Prevention resources remain scarce
• Spending and political action is improving
• Improvements are far too small and slow

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What U.N. Report Says

• Few success stories in prevention
• Hardest-hit countries have no orphan programs
• Preventing mother-to-child HIV transmission is
  virtually non-existant

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AIDS is Spreading

• Reasons why
• Injected-drug use
• Unsafe sex
• Unsanitary living conditions
• Rising populations
• No cure

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AIDS Is Spreading

• Virus spreading in new areas
• Rapid spread in places like China, Indonesia and
  Vietnam
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