THE FACTS+STATISTICS
By the end of 2005, 40.3 million people were living with HIV/AIDS, including 17.5 million women and 2.3 million children under age 15.
Worldwide, 62% of infected young people are girls, and that number soars to 77% in sub-Saharan Africa.
In 2005 alone, a total of 3.1 million people died of HIV/AIDS-related causes.
Without prevention efforts, 35% of children born to an HIV positive mother will become infected with HIV. At least a quarter of newborns infected with HIV die before age one, and up to 60% will die before reaching their second birthdays.
Today, mother-to-child transmission of HIV is the primary mode of acquisition of HIV for the more than 2 million children living with HIV.
DANCE MARATHON IS WORKING TO CHANGE THIS.
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