NEWS: Asian AIDS Epidemic to Rival Africa

CULTURE: Asian AIDS Epidemic to Rival Africa

The United Nations reports that one in every four new cases of HIV occurred in Asia. Or 1.2 million of 4.8 million new cases in 2003. Previously, AIDS pathologists believed that Asia could be spared the worldwide epidemic, but it appears that Asia is poised to overtake many countries in Africa. Currently, 5.1 million people are infected with AIDS in India and 5.3 million are infected in South Africa, the country with the world's largest AIDS infected population.

I love stories like this... these statistics are meaningless untill you take the total population of the countries into account... India is the second most populated country in the world, and is rapidly overtaking china... so it's still a much smaller percent of the population. south africa's infection rate I believe is a whopping 30% ansd is still not the country in Africa with the highest infection rate. Kenya's is 40% diagnosed... estimated 50-60% undiagnosed... makes you think eh?

Statistics like this are not meaningless and to say so is irresponsible. Dont you think that a fatal disease such as this would be more of a problem in a densely populated country than one that is not? The infection rate is going to increase unless education is made available and taken up by those in the afflicted countries.

The fact of the matter is this; there are still 5.1 million!!! people infected with the disease in India.

natures way of controling the population on this planet. I guess hunger doesnt kill them off fast enough.

RECKONING... you are fucking sick

There is a concert on August 21st in LA, called One Night For India.

http://www.onenightforindia.com/

It is a benefit with a goal of raising funds to stop the spread of the disease in India.

Check it out!