HIV and the AIDS virus has infected over 50 Million people worldwide. 2 Million of those people reside in the United States. It is estimated that one million of those people infected with HIV or the AIDS virus do not know that they are infected.

As of early 1998, it is estimated that over 700,000 have lost their lives to HIV/AIDS.

Every 13 minutes someone is infected with HIV/AIDS.

HIV/AIDS is spreading among girls and women aged 12-40 the most rapidly.

By the end of the year 2000 it is estimated that 80 Million people will be infected.

~Sentenced to Death~

He was but a man
He did not see
The truth in the risks
He bought into immortality

On his way to fame and fortune
Riding on a star
He touched all that glittered
And could've gone so far

Life was one big party
You only live once they say
But to shorten one's own life
Is a hell of a price to pay

For one night of passion
He traded his most precious possession
And then reality struck him
He heard the confession

She looked so safe
He had been so sure
How was he to know
And now there was no cure

Some say it was deserved
You have to pay to play
But they'll never know the cost
Until they watch someone die that way

To see someone reduced to near nothing
And watch each strength disappear
No hope for tomorrow
Just living with the fear

When the end is near
And they no longer remember your name
They beg for someone to help them
To please end the pain

Would you still believe in just rewards
And feel no pity for your fellow man
Might you feel differently
If you were able to understand

This disease is not fair
It touches everyone
No soul deserves such misery
No matter what they've done

Author Unknown

Informative Links

AEGIS Aid For Aids HIV.net Project Compassion Until There's a Cure Mayo Clinic -World map of people living with HIV/AIDS (1999) CDC - Divisions of HIV/AIDS Prevention - FAQ's U.S. National Library of Medicine - HIV/AIDS Information Red Ribbon International Website Site about Youth Organizations on HIV, list serv, educations Very well planned site, tons of info AIDS/HIV Awareness Webring The Aids Remembrance Quilt Webring Webmaster for a Cure Stop the Hate Site The Aids Memorial Quilt Online Magazine on Living with HIV/AIDS The Body with Information on HIV Family Health and AIDS Prevention The cyber Quilt Hugging Hands AIDS/HIV Facts - Fact Sheet Advocates for Youth - Safe Sex Mothers' Voices United to End Aids Glossary of HIV/AIDS Terms Aids Stat Aids and HIV National AIDS Treatment Advocacy Project Aggressive AIDS Prevention, Inc. AIDS Action Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network International AIDS Candlelight Memorial

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