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World AIDS Day 2004
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World AIDS Day is commemorated
around the globe on 1 December. It celebrates progress made in
the battle against the epidemic — and brings into focus
remaining challenges.
World AIDS Day 2004 focuses on women, girls, and HIV and AIDS — the
theme for the
World
AIDS Campaign 2004. The
campaign, with the strapline 'Have you heard me today?',
explores how gender inequality fuels the AIDS epidemic.
On the
occasion of World AIDS Day, UNAIDS and WHO launched the
"AIDS
epidemic update 2004" on 23 November. With maps
and regional summaries, the 2004 edition of the annual report
provides the most recent estimates of the epidemic’s scope and
human toll, explores new trends in the epidemic’s evolution,
and features a special section on women and AIDS.
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Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is a virus that has spread over the
last 20 years in countries all over the world.
Already more than 33 million people throughout the world are infected.
More than 14 million have died. |
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Africa is home to about 30% of people living with HIV/AIDS worldwide,
yet this region has less than 2% of the world’s population.
95% of people living with HIV are in low-
and middle-income countries.
A new wave of HIV epidemics is threatening
China, India, Indonesia and Russia, mostly due to transmission through
injecting drug use and unsafe sex. |
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