From Avert:
According to UNAIDS estimates, there are now 33.2 million people living with HIV, including 2.5 million children. During 2007 some 2.5 million people became newly infected with the virus. Around half of all people who become infected with HIV do so before they are 25 and are killed by AIDS before they are 35.
Around 95% of people with HIV/AIDS live in developing nations. But HIV today is a threat to men, women and children on all continents around the world.
Started on 1st December 1988, World AIDS Day is not just about raising money, but also about increasing awareness, fighting prejudice and improving education. World AIDS Day is important in reminding people that HIV has not gone away, and that there are many things still to be done.
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I only got 14 out of 20. But, in my defense, I did play at the hardest level.
ReplyDeleteLindy
Well, I missed 3---but they were U.K. and Europe-specific questions. Shows me I need to pay more attention to the global epidemic---thanks for the link!
ReplyDeleteI did not do well on the quiz. I'm ashamed to say how badly I did.
ReplyDeleteDon't feel bad, Mimi---a lot of those questions are simply not things the average person on the street would know. ("When was the first World AIDS Day?" being an example---why would most people have any reason to know or remember that?)
ReplyDeleteBut now that you know you don't know, you can find out! :-)
Doxy, I took the test a second time and did very well. At least I learned a bit.
ReplyDeleteYou have nothing to be ashamed of. You are growing in awareness therefore you have cause for nothing but self congratulation, and i congratulate you too. Way to go!
ReplyDeleteLindy
Lindy, thank you. My cousin died rather quickly from AIDS contracted from blood transfusion, when he had bypass surgery. It was in the early 1980s before a blood test was available. The family never said what he died of, but we all knew anyway. They were ashamed. His wife left town.
ReplyDeleteThe shame and stigma continue.
I wish I could get to your blog. Are you writing?