last year, i shared these facts:

– there are more than 40 million people living with hiv and aids
– 23 million people have died
– global spending on hiv research is $3 billion
– u.s. spending on bird flu is $7 billion
– 8000 people per day die of aids
– in the minute it takes you to read this post, 5 people will have died
– in zimbabwe the hiv infection rate is 33% – that’s one in every three people
– more than a half million children died of aids in 2005
– if we continue on this way, there will be 45 million more infected by 2010.

another 3 million people died since i last posted those figures.
more than 15 million children are aids orphans.
2 million kids are living with hiv.
and india now has the largest hiv/aids population.

but really this year, there’s only one statistic you need to know:

this year, do something. anything. please. it’s unconscionable that we continue to allow this to happen.

donate. motivate. participate.

because every day is world aids day.

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