HIV Testing Information

News On The Current Worldwide Pandemic

Almost 50 million people have contracted HIV.

Half of all new infections are now in 15-24 year olds.

Over 14 million people have died from AIDS.

There are 9 million AIDS orphans worldwide.

About 34 million people currently live with HIV.

Sub-Saharan Africa accounts for 70 % of the world's infections.

Twenty-five percent of adults in Zimbabwe and Botswana are infected with the virus.

AIDS deaths have declined in the United States and Western Europe due to new drug treatments.

Every minute of every day during 1998 approximately 11 men, women and children were infected.

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Updated 4/25/99

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