>You may or may not know that December 1st is known internationally as WORLD AIDS DAY. Considering there is often such huge “drives” to inform the public about HIV/AIDS and the issues surrounding the epidemic, I have found little recognition of it within the news today or on previous days. There seems to be even less in regards to HIV/AIDS and the church. For one such article check out Christian Today. Below are some of the statistics of this PANDEMIC within the UK and internationally.
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HIV Statistics

The number of people living with HIV in the UK has trebled in the last 10 years.
UK Statistics

People living with HIV:

• More than 80,000 people living with HIV in the UK
• One in three people with HIV are undiagnosed
• One in every 360 pregnant women in the UK is HIV positive

New HIV cases in 2007:

• 7,700 new diagnoses in the UK in 2007
• 2,700 new diagnoses among men who have sex with men
• 3,500 new diagnoses among people from black and minority ethnic communities

All figures from the Health Protection Agency report: UK HIV New Diagnoses, August 2008.

HIV is increasing in every region of the world
International Statistics

People living with HIV:

• 33 million people living with HIV worldwide
• 30.8 million adults
• 15.5 million women
• 2.0 million children under 15

New HIV cases in 2007:

• 2.7 million total new cases
• 2.3 million adults
• 370,000 children under 15

HIV-related deaths in 2007:

• 2.0 million total deaths

All figures from UNAIDS.

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