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December 01, 2001
Today is World
Today is World AIDS Day 2001.Twenty years after AIDS was first reported,
more than 60 million people have been infected with the virus. HIV/AIDS is now the
leading cause of death in sub-Saharan Africa. Worldwide, it is the fourth biggest killer.
Read more at the
href="http://www.unaids.org/epidemic_update/report_dec01/index.html">United Nations AIDS epidemic update href="http://www.who.int/health-topics/hiv.htm">information
approach to AIDS/HIV epidemic.
This is a disease that affects people from all
demographics: children,
href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-World-AIDS-Day.html?searchpv=aponl ine">millions of people internationally href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36293-2001Nov29.html">nationwide
, including well known
href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5157-2001Nov9.html">public figures
Every day
href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31510-2001Nov28.html">more than 8,000 people
Beyond the toll it takes on its vicitms, their
families, and their communities, the prevalence of AIDS in developing nations also leads
to problems with
href="http://www.worldbank.org/developmentnews/stories/html/102301a.htm">local agriculture
The international impact:
href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-World-AIDS-Day.html?searchpv=aponl ine">South href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31599-2001Nov28.html">Eastern Europe href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55715-2001Nov19.html">China
href="http://www.calendarlive.com/top/1,1419,L-LATimes-Search-X!EventDetail-35702,00.html ">the US
Despite the seriousness of AIDS and HIV,
in the US
href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36778-2001Nov29.html">nearly half of people at highest risk
Resources for people
dealing with the repurcussions of the virus:
href="http://www.pedhivaids.org/">National Pediatric & Family HIV Resource Center href="http://www.ama-assn.org/special/hiv/hivhome.htm">Journal of the American Medical Association
Service; Project
Inform.
More links online at metafilter
and Link and Think.
Posted by Courtney_Sherwood at December 1, 2001 12:00 PM