Facts & Figures
Here are some facts relating to HIV/AIDS:
- World wide some 39.5 million people are living with HIV/AIDS
- World wide over 3 million people die anually from Aids - over 8,000 people died per day
- In 2006 some 4.3 million people acquired HIV
- South Africa is considered to have the fastest growing rate of HIV / AIDS
- Currently it is estimated that over 5.7 million adults and children have HIV or AIDS in South Africa
- At present the estimated number of aids orphans in South Africa is in the region of 1.5 million
