AEGiS-MISC: WORLD AIDS DAY REMEMBERED - DECEMBER 1, 2002: THE MANY FACES OF AIDS

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WORLD AIDS DAY REMEMBERED - DECEMBER 1, 2002: THE MANY FACES OF AIDS

AEGiS News Service - November 28, 2002
Elizabeth Canepa

According to a new U.N. report, more than 5 million people worldwide will have contracted the AIDS virus in 2002, bringing the total number of those infected to 42 million. Of those who will die from HIV/AIDS this year, 610,000 are younger than 15, and almost half are women.

While these statistics are useful in helping us understand the scope of the disaster, they do not tell the stories of the millions of lives affected by the disease. The stories about a lost mother, a friend, a teacher or a son: the human faces behind the numbers.

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