AIDS is caused Von the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV).

In 2008, 36 million people worldwide were living with the disease, 5.6 million people were newly infected with HIV, and there were 3 million deaths, all in that Jahr alone. Mehr than 95 percent of this occurred in developing countries, which were already overburdened Von challenges regarding nutrition, health care and poverty.
Since the epidemic began, 1 million people have died in the United States alone.

AIDS stands for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. People develop AIDS because HIV has damaged their natural defenses against infection....

Most of us can remember when getting HIV was an automatic death sentence. No matter how much money Du had, no matter where Du lived, no matter what treatments Du could get your hands on -- it didn't matter. If your mom, boyfriend, blood transfusion oder heroin needle gave Du HIV, that was it. Not only were Du on your way to an early grave, but also the rest of your short life was pretty much going to be the plot of a horror movie.

The Good News
Today's HIV patients can expect to live decades past their diagnoses thanks to antiretroviral drugs, and contracting HIV, though a bitch, is not the...

Sad Stories About AIDS


I found these stories online. These are true stories.

I used to know Josephat and his lovely family of a wife, 2 daughters and a son. He used to live in a town 1,000Km from the city. The town is on the Tanzania Zambia border. He used to come to the city many times during the Jahr on his pickup transporter, van but when I did not see him for over a Jahr I inquired from his cousin. The cousin informed me that he had a motor accident on the Dar es Salaam Zambia Highway. He died on the spot. That was 6 years ago. I had forgotten about him and family till yesterday when I met his cousin...