abigya
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Around the world, an estimated 5 million people became infected with HIV/AIDS in 2001 - 800,000 of them children.
Over the next decade, unless an effective treatment is found, many of these will join the ranks of the over 20 million who have died of HIV/AIDS since the first clinical evidence of the disease was discovered in 1981.
Africa has been particularly hard-hit by HIV/AIDS. Life expectancy in sub-Saharan Africa is expected to fall to 30-years-old within the decade due to AIDS deaths.
Over the next decade, unless an effective treatment is found, many of these will join the ranks of the over 20 million who have died of HIV/AIDS since the first clinical evidence of the disease was discovered in 1981.
Africa has been particularly hard-hit by HIV/AIDS. Life expectancy in sub-Saharan Africa is expected to fall to 30-years-old within the decade due to AIDS deaths.