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FACTS:

• People living with HIV/AIDS in 2007: 33.0 million

• More than 25 million people have died of AIDS since 1981.

• Africa has 11.6 million AIDS orphans.

• At the end of 2007, women accounted for 50% of all adults living with HIV worldwide, and for 59% in sub-Saharan Africa.

• Young people (under 25 years old) account for half of all new HIV infections worldwide.

• In developing and transitional countries, 9.7 million people are in immediate need of life-saving AIDS drugs; of these, only 2.99 million (31%) are receiving the drugs.

You can get involved and help out in the fight many different ways, including the following:

• World Vision
• The Global Fight
• Project Red
• Help Fight AIDS
• ONE