corporate brochure - Stop AIDS Now

2We tacklethe severestepidemic ofmodern timesThe AIDS pandemicis a huge human andeconomic disasterThe global fight against AIDS has reached a tipping point.The end of the pandemic may be in sight in the next decades,provided that we do not slide back to the days when theproblem was too vast to tackle.Today, 34 million people are living with HIV, while 16.6 millionchildren under 18 have lost one or two of their parentsbecause of AIDS. Without action, many more will be infectedand die. The loss of teachers, farmers, health care workers, andother professionals destabilises the productive sectors andeducational systems of many developing countries. To stimulatethe economic development of developing countries, a firmresponse to AIDS is required.The global fight against AIDS pays off:• New HIV infections have fallen by nearly 25%,over the past ten years.• AIDS related deaths dropped by nearly 20%,over the past five years.• Now, 6.6 million people receive life saving treatment,which is nearly a 22-fold increase since 2001.• The lives of 200,000 children have been saved.10 1011