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HIV/AIDS

Each day 8,000 people die from HIV/AIDS. Most are from sub-Saharan Africa, where HIV-related illness is the leading cause of adult death. In some African countries life expectancy has plummeted to below 40 years, devastating a whole generation. The depletion of the workforce means economic disaster, food shortages and millions of children orphaned.

HIV/AIDS facts

• Worldwide 40 million people are HIV-positive – 70% are in Africa
• HIV infection is caused by sharing bodily fluids, including blood, semen and vaginal secretions
• There is no cure for HIV/AIDS but it can be prevented by safe blood transfusions, using condoms and sterilising needles and syringes for injecting
• Treating HIV with anti-retroviral drugs prolongs life, but Africans have limited access to these drugs.
  Only 1% of Africans living with HIV/AIDS receive ARVs

HIV/AIDS Videos

 

Turn on, tune in, listen up
Chan Daravy: Cambodia
Radio star Chan’s show is entertaining but also informs young people about HIV/AIDS

Life support
Frie Aregaw: Ethiopia
Frie offers life-saving advice to Ethiopians living with HIV

A lost generation
Winstone Zulu: Zambia
Winstone has no friends his own age – a whole age-group of Zambians has been decimated by HIV/AIDS

Hand of friendship
Edith Banda: Zambia
When all hope is gone, Edith offers a warm hand and a friendly smile to HIV/AIDS patients in Zambia

Reaching for the sky
Emmanuel Kalunga: Zambia
Zambian AIDS orphan Emmanuel Kalunga finds happiness at the end of a piece of string

Feet first
Adisu Demissie: Ethiopia
Natural talent – and the patience to teach – helped Adisu dance his way to a more comfortable life

Neither shy nor retiring
Aylline Dlamini: Swaziland
Aylline is busier than ever, but she loves the work because it stops her growing old

Positive activist
Violeta Ross: Bolivia
Hear Violeta’s incredible journey from being HIV-positive to an HIV activist

Condom fi use
Tashae Lewin: Jamaica
Tashae and her friends sing Condom Fi Use