World Aids Day

Learn more about the Red Campaign here and the United Nations Aids Program here.

Due to advances in antiretroviral medication, HIV has been reduced to a chronic condition in most developed countries, but HIV/AIDS is still a major killer worldwide. The fight isn't over until humanity finds a cure.

According to the latest U.N. Global Summary of the AIDS Epidemic (pdf):

• 39.5 million worldwide are living with HIV, 17.7 million of which are women and 2.3 million of which are children.

• 4.3 million are newly infected with HIV this year.

• 2.9 million died of AIDS this year, 380,000 of which are children.

Though a cure remains elusive, small miracles do happen. Keep thinking Red.

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