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What is HIV
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Worldwide about 36,9 million people are infected with HIV, every year 2 million persons are added to this number.
In Sub-Saharan Africa about 25,8 million persons are HIV positive, of which 2,3 million are children
There are 13,3 million AIDS orphans in the world
Every 26 seconds someone dies of AIDS
Every 16 seconds someone gets infected with HIV
Only 2 out of 5 adolescents know how to prevent HIV
In the West practically everybody has access to life saving medication. In Sub-Saharan Africa only 41% of the population does
74% of all new HIV infections among adolescents in Sub-Saharan Africa are women.