HIV & AIDS Facts

•     AIDS is estimated to have killed 25 million people since it was recognized in 1981

•     Almost 46 million people are currently infected with HIV

•     There is no cure, only medicine to prolong life

•     HIV is a pandemic

•     Infection transferred by bodily fluids (blood, semen, vaginal fluid, pre-ejaculate, or         breast milk) or during pregnancy

•     HIV first recognized on December 1, 1981

•     2005 alone AIDS killed 2.4-3.3 million lives; 570,000 of these were children

•     Estimated that 0.6% of the worlds current population is infected

•     AIDS was discovered June 5, 1981

•     There are two types of HIV: HIV-1 (prominent everywhere) and HIV-2 (prominent in West Africa)

•     There are a variety of theories that explain how HIV was transferred to humans.

•     HIV is present in saliva, tears, and urine but in low enough concentrations not to effect another individual

•     Some people claim that HIV does not exist