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Combat HIV/AIDS, maliaria and other diseases

Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
Facts

Halt and begin to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS by 2015

Halt and begin to reverse the incidence of malaria and other major diseases by 2015
Did You Know?

  • In sub-Saharan Africa, there are currently 4.1 million people with AIDS who are in immediate need of life-saving anti-retroviral drugs. (Source:WTO)
  • Currently more than 11 million children in Africa have lost at least one parent to HIV/AIDS; that number is expected to reach 20 million by 2010. (Source:UNAIDS/UNICEF)
  • There are 42 million people living with HIV and AIDS worldwide. It is a global emergency claiming approximately 8,000 lives every day in some of the poorest countries. (Source:Oxfam)
  • 1 in every 100 people worldwide is HIV positive: One third of them are aged 15-24.(Source:ActionAid UK)
  • Approximately 40% of the world’s population-mostly those living in the world’s poorest countries-is at risk of contracting malaria. Malaria causes more than 300 million acute illnesses and at least one million deaths annually.
Featured Projects
Who’s making time for them?
Child’s Dream
1. Action for AIDS

2. Local rep for Global Youth Coalition on HIV/AIDS is Bernise Ang.