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HIV/AIDS

© Michael Jensen
HIV/AIDS: A global disaster

The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and the World Health Organization (WHO) estimate that AIDS has killed more than 25 million people since it was first recognized on June 5, 1981.

Facts about AIDS

An estimated 33.2 million people worldwide were living with HIV in 2007. An estimated 2.5 million became newly infected with HIV in 2007.
An estimated 2.1 million lost their lives to AIDS in 2007. Source: UNAIDS . Read more...

HIV/AIDS projects

Africa:
Ethiopia
Malawi
Kenya
Uganda
Zambia
Asia:
Cambodia
Central America:
Honduras
El Salvador
Eastern Europe:
Russia

Where we work with HIV/AIDS

Through partners, DanChurchAid works with HIV/AIDS projects in Africa, Asia, Central America and Eastern Europe.

HIV and AIDS is fast becoming the worst ever global disease.

The human suffering and the economic and social cost of the pandemic is escalating.

Countries in sub-Saharan Africa currently bear the brunt of the global burden of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, but no region of the world is left untouched.

View regional overview...