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Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation:

Leading the Way to a Generation Free of HIV

While the world has made remarkable progress in combating HIV and AIDS, a sobering fact remains: 1,000 children around the world are infected by HIV every day. The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) knows how to prevent these infections, but millions of mothers and children lack access to the lifesaving HIV prevention and treatment services they need. Help EGPAF get those services to them, and to create a generation free of HIV.

Every 12 seconds someone contracts HIV.

Every 16 seconds someone dies from AIDS.

Number of people with HIV in 2007:

33,000,000
total
31,000,000
adults
15,500,000
women
2,000,000
children

Number of AIDS deaths in 2007:

2,000,000
total
1,700,000
adults
270,000
children

*data source: UNAIDS 2007 AIDS Epidemic Update

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