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What Do You
Know?
"Helping kids
understand about
AIDS is the most
important thing I do.
Some kids like to
pretend that it's not
happening in the
world. By letting them
know what's really
going on, I might save
someone's life."
Hydeia L. Broadbent
AIDS patient and activist.
HIV/AIDS
Terms to Know
HIV:
AIDS:
HIV/AIDS
Terms to Know
CRC:
CSEC:
HIV/AIDS
Basic Facts
Every minute five people around the world between the ages of 10 and 24 are
infected with HIV.
There are 2.5 million children under the age of 15 living with the disease
worldwide.
In Sub-Saharan Africa, the majority of new infections occurs among young
people between the ages of 15 and 24.
Of the 3 million who died of AIDS in 2003, 500,000 were children.
The total number of children orphaned by AIDS 13.2 million as of 2001 is
expected to more than double by 2010.
Source: UNAIDS. <www.unaids.org> (April 29, 2004).
Source: UNAIDS, AIDS Epidemic Update: December 2003, p.3.
Source: UNICEF, Young People and HIV/AIDS: Opportunity in Crisis, p.6 [publication on-line] www.unicef.org/publictions/pub_youngpeople_hivaids_en.pdf
17, 2004).
Source: UNAIDS, AIDS Epidemic Update: December 2003, p.3.
Source: UN Special Session on HIV/AIDS. Fact Sheet. 2001.
(February
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Source: UNAIDS/WHO
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For More
Information
AIDS.org
www.aids.org
UNAIDS
www.unaids.org
UNICEF
www.unicef.org/aids