While AIDS ravages men and women by the millions across sub-Saharan Africa, their deaths leave millions of children behind. More than 14 million children worldwide have lost one or both parents to AIDS. More than 25 million will suffer the same loss in the next eight years. One-third of all children orphaned by the pandemic are under the age of 5. Read more...

The rampant spread of HIV/AIDS in Africa is compounding the effects of Africa’s worst food shortage in a decade, according to the annual report released November 26 by the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and the World Health Organization (WHO). Read more...

As deadly food shortages continue to take their toll on southern Africa and the Horn of Africa, the role of private aid agencies becomes increasingly important. In many of the hardest-hit countries, non-governmental organizations (NGO’s) are able to navigate complicated bureaucracies and reach the communities with the greatest needs. These organizations are not only effective in bringing food aid to the starving, but, in many cases, also can teach villagers about the dangers of AIDS which is complicating and exacerbating the effects of the current food shortage. Read more...

The number of Asians infected with HIV/AIDS, especially in China, India and Indonesia, is poised to spin out of control if large-scale sustained intervention isn’t implemented immediately, according to a report released November 26 by UNAIDS and WHO. According to the report, nearly 4 million Indians have HIV. Yet, that number, second only to South Africa, comprises less than 1 percent of India’s population. Read more...

Once believed predominantly to target men, AIDS is now a global pandemic, and one that affects as man women as men. According to a U.N. report released November 26, women make up 50 percent of those infected with HIV. Read more...