Roughly 5 million new AIDS cases in 2005
Almost 5 million people were infected by HIV globally in 2005, the highest jump since the first reported case in 1981 and taking the number living with the virus to a record 40.3 million, the United Nations said on Monday. Those who think AIDS is under control need to think again and need to read this article.
More than 3.1 million people have died this year from AIDS, including 570,000 children — far more than the toll from all natural disasters since last December?s tsunami. Southern Africa, including South Africa — which has the world?s most cases at more than 5.1 million — continues to be worst-hit. Saying nine out of 10 people in developing countries do not know their HIV status, UNAIDS Executive Director Peter Piot called for an unprecedented response to the global AIDS crisis.
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