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Main Forums => AIDS Activism => Topic started by: Jim Allen on November 07, 2017, 10:58:16 pm
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Damn huge bill boards, hard not to notice them that much is for sure.
Jim
Full story here: https://www.poz.com/article/many-aids-deaths-last-year
In the lead-up to World AIDS Day, marked each December 1, AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) has launched a series of billboards highlighting global HIV and AIDS statistics. The images mimic vintage fuel pump counters, as a visual reminder that the numbers continue to advance.
According to an AHF press release, statistics about the epidemic arrive from the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). Three different billboards state: “1,000,000 AIDS Deaths in 2016,” “1,800,000 New HIV Cases in 2016” and “20,000,000 Untreated HIV Cases in 2016.”
(https://www.instagram.com/p/BZ6slhWln5k/)
GLOBAL HIV STATISTICS
19.5 million people were accessing antiretroviral therapy in 2016.
36.7 million [30.8 million to 42.9 million] people globally were living with HIV in 2016.
1.8 million [1.6 million to 2.1 million] people became newly infected with HIV in 2016.
1 million [830,000 to 1.2 million] people died from AIDS-related illnesses in 2016.
76.1 million [65.2 million to 88.0 million] people have become infected with HIV since the start of the epidemic.
35.0 million [28.9 million to 41.5 million] people have died of AIDS-related illnesses since the start of the epidemic.
People living with HIV
In 2016, there were 36.7 million [30.8 million to 42.9 million] people living with HIV.
34.5 million [28.8 million to 40.2 million] adults
17.8 million [15.4 million to 20.3 million] women (15+ years)
2.1 million [1.7 million to 2.6 million] children (<15 years)
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Incredible statistics
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Hardly know what to say..shocking.
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The 17.2 million or so without treatment. The large amount without is what always seems horrendous to me.