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AIDS

This week, the figures have been on the radio, on TV and in the newspapers.

40,000,000 people have HIV/AIDS. 2,300,000 of them are children.

It's expected that 3,000,000 people will die of AIDS this year, and half a milllion of them will be children.

More than 25,000,000 people have died from AIDS since 1981.

Of the 6.5 million people in developing countries who are infected with HIV/AIDS, only one million of them are receiving life prolonging drugs.

More than 6,000 young people (ages 15-24) become infected world wide every day.

There are more than 1.2 million people in North America living with HIV/AIDS.

The statistics are chilling, especially those dealing with children.

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