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    • Why get involved?

    33 million people are living with HIV today

    67% of them live in Sub-Saharan Africa

    ¾ of young HIV positive people are girls

    2 million people died as a result of AIDS in 2007

    12 million children in Africa have lost one or both parents to AIDS

    40% of new infections are young people aged 15-24

    5 people are newly infected for every 2 we put on treatment

    2/3 of people who need treatment aren’t getting it – and the number is set to rise

    $5 billion shortfall of money facing the Global Fund for AIDS, TB and Malaria

    55 million people are estimated to need HIV treatment by 2030

    HIV is preventable. But we don’t prevent it. Every day around 7500 people newly contract HIV. We have the drugs to treat HIV. But we don’t use them. Two thirds of people who need HIV treatment don’t get it. World leaders pledged to deliver Universal Access to prevention, treatment, care and support by 2010. But they are not on track to do so.

    Online Resources

    For further information on HIV/AIDS and the global arena see the following sites:

    • Kaiser Network - dedicted to providing high quality coverage of health care policy and politics
    • IRIN Plusnews (UN) - humanitarian news and analysis
    • Stop AIDS Campaign - UK consortium on HIV/AIDS and international development
    • IPPF - a global service provider and leadingadvocate for SRHR worldwide
    • Eldis - sharing the best in development policy, practice and research
    • UNAIDS - the joint UN programme on AIDS, for the latest statistics and reports
    • Aids Alliance - supporting community action on AIDS in developing countries
    • Avert for a simple introduction to HIV and AIDS and issues surrounding them.
    • Relief Web - UN website providing a host of useful resources

    Towards Universal Access - for statistics and reviews on ‘Universal Access for All’

    In more depth

    If you’re interested in knowing more about HIV/AIDS, the history of the epidemic and its current and potential future impact, then the following books are good to start with. They’ll also be useful if you want to include something on HIV/AIDS into any of your University work.