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2005 African AIDS Statistics

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African AIDS statistics 2005

For our trip I had to compile some African AIDS statistics for some brochures we are creating. I just want to turn and run away from these numbers. They just don't seem possible.

21.3% of the population of Namiba lives with AIDS. – July 2005 – UNAIDS Report

In Africa 2.2 million people die every year of AIDS. – July 2005 – UNAIDS Report

In Africa 183,333 people die of AIDS every month. – July 2005 – UNAIDS Report

In Africa 42,3007 people die of AIDS every week. – July 2005 – UNAIDS Report

In Africa 6043 people die of AIDS every day. – July 2005 – UNAIDS Report

In Africa 251 people die of AIDS every minute. – July 2005 – UNAIDS Report

In Africa 4 people die of AIDS every second. – July 2005 – UNAIDS Report

In Africa, 12 million children are orphaned due to AIDS. That number is expected to rise to 25 million by 2010 – July 2005 – UNAIDS Report

--- from that I extrapolate these stats at 13 million new children will be orphaned over the next 5 years ---
In Africa, 2.6 million children are orphaned due to AIDS every year. – July 2005 – UNAIDS Report

In Africa, 217,000 children are orphaned due to AIDS every month – July 2005 – UNAIDS Report

In Africa, 21,000 children are orphaned due to AIDS every week – July 2005 – UNAIDS Report

In Africa, 3000 children are orphaned due to AIDS every day – July 2005 – UNAIDS Report
124 per hour
2 per minute

There were 3,100,00 new HIV infections in Africa in 2005 – July 2005 – UNAIDS Report

Sub-Saharan Africa has just over 10% of the world's population, but is home to close to two-thirds of all people living with HIV--from 23.1 million to 27.9 million. – July 2005 UNAIDS Report.

Due to AIDS, life expectancy in some African countries has plunged from 56.6 years in 1990 to 33.9 years in 2002.

Life expectancies in some African countries will soon drop below age 30 because of the staggering number of AIDS deaths. – Los Angeles Times.

Epidemiologists predict that by 2010, life expectancy will be 29 in Botswana, 30 in Swaziland and 33 in Namibia and Zimbabwe. Without AIDS, life expectancy would be near 70. – Los Angeles Times

Only 3% of an estimated 4.4 million in need received antiretroviral therapy in 2003. – July 2005 – UNAIDS Report

The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization estimates AIDS will have claimed one-fifth or more of agricultural workers in most countries in Southern Africa by 2020 – July 2005 – UNAIDS Report

The epidemic’s impact on education has far-reaching implications for long-term development. Globally, AIDS is a significant obstacle to children achieving universal access to primary education by 2015 – July 2005 – UNAIDS Report

HIV/AIDS is the fastest growing threat to human development today and a potential risk for national and regional security – World Health Organization 2005

Annually, more than six million people die of HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis (TB) and Malaria compounding the effects of poverty and social inequities in many developing countries. – World Health Organization 2005

"I will never forget my first trip to Uganda in 1988, to find out about AIDS in Africa. Coffin makers lined the road from the airport to Kampala. AIDS in Africa is wiping out tens of millions of men, women and children. I have seen the pain, grief and suffering - in the poorest slum areas and in the wealthiest districts. AIDS in Africa hurts everyone, but children are always the most vulnerable.” - Dr Patrick Dixon Founder ACET International Alliance

The reality is that even an AIDS cure in 2008 or a remarkable vaccine in 2010 will not erase the traumas of a generation, nor eradicate the problem. – GlobalChange.com