It's very important that we get this messge across!
Every 10 seconds one person dies of AIDS!
This HAS to be stopped!
Every day in Africa, 6,300 people die and another 8,500 contract the HIV virus - 1,400 of whom are newborn babies infected during childbirth or by their mothers' milk.
And it's not just people in Africa who are affected by this terrble disease.
Statistics show that approximately 80,556 adults were living with HIV in the UK at the end of June 2006. There have to date been 22,281 diagnoses of AIDS in the UK. At least 17,014 people diagnosed with HIV have died, and at least 80% of these deaths followed an AIDS diagnosis. AIDS is not only an issue for adults, HIV is a big issue for young people, as well as adults. In 2005, it is estimated that there were 2.3 million people under 15 living with HIV. .