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World AIDS Day
1 December
'iBambeni - Take Responsibility'
World AIDS Day has been celebrated since 1988. It is about increasing awareness of HIV and AIDS, education and fighting prejudice. World AIDS Day is important as it reminds people that HIV has not gone away, and that there are many things still to be done.
Did you know?
According to UNAIDS estimates:
- 33,4 million people are living with HIV worldwide
- 2,7 million people were newly infected in 2008
- 2 million people died of AIDS related illness in 2008 .
In Sub-Saharan Africa, 22,4 million people were living with HIV and AIDS in 2008. More than 14 million children had lost one or both parents to AIDS.
Although the HIV epidemic in South Africa appear to have
stabilised, South Africa still has more people living with HIV than any other country. (UNAIDS/WHO AIDS epidemic update 2009)
Around 95% of people with HIV/AIDS live in developing nations. But HIV today is a threat to men, women and children on all continents around the world.
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