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 Becoming well informed is the first step towards persuading others to get involved. In this section you’ll find answers to basic questions about the AIDS crisis and the debt burden. Read more about... Donate the Dollars Treat the People Drop the Debt About the Epidemic |
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In 2001, 5 million people became newly infected with HIV, and 3 million people died from AIDS. Nearly 20 million Africans have already died from AIDS and millions more will die during 2002. If the US government provided a fair share contribution to the global effort to stop AIDS (with education, prevention, care, and treatment) it would cost the average US taxpayer 4 cents a day. Providing life-extending medications to AIDS patients in developing countries would cost under $3 a day per patient. Brazil has been successfully providing AIDS medications to patients since 1997.
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