Today is World AIDS Day. Globally, 33 million people are living with HIV infection - most of them in developing nations. An estimated 2.7 million were infected with HIV in 2007 alone. In the United States, more than 1 million people are living with HIV. Still think AIDS isn't your problem?
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More on World AIDS Day 2008 and the state of the HIV pandemic here.
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Student guest post by Francis Mawanda.
When someone is dying, you treat what is killing them first.
For some reason, pop news became enamored with this paper last month (unfortunately while I was away at a conference):
HIV infection en route to endogenization: two cases
HIV diagnosis is The Root of most of the problems we have in HIV World.
"How can we get more people antiretrovirals?"... How can you give someone antiretrovirals before they have been diagnosed with HIV?
I recommend a comprehensive and easy Q&A review on AIDS available on the net. It is the AIDS page of Biology Questions and Answers.
"In the United States, more than 1 million people are living with HIV. Still think AIDS isn't your problem?"
Yes, the same number that have been "infected" for the past 20+ years:
http://www.reviewingaids.com/awiki/index.php/Document:US_HIV_Prevalence…