World AIDS Day Poster - Works Cited

UNAIDS, “United States of America” http://www.unaids.org/en/Regions_Countries/Countries/united_states_of_america.asp Date viewed: 11-15-2007.
• 1,200,000: Number of people living with HIV
• 0.6%: Adult population living with HIV/AIDS

CIA World Factbook, “United States” 1 November 2007 https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html Date viewed: 11-15-2007.
• 24%: Catholics in the population
• 301.1: Total population (in millions)

Until There’s a Cure, “Vital Statistics” http://www.until.org/statistics.shtml Date viewed: 11-14-2007.
• HIV/AIDS is a “disease of young people” with half of the 5 million new infections each year occurring among people ages 15 to 24.
• There are 14,000 new infections every day (95 percent in developing countries).

UNAIDS, “Ireland” http://www.unaids.org/en/Regions_Countries/Countries/ireland.asp Date viewed: 11-15-2007.
• 5,000: Number of people living with HIV
• 0.2%: Adult population living with HIV/AIDS

CIA World Factbook, “Ireland” 1 November 2007 https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ei.html Date viewed: 11-15-2007.
• 88.4%: Catholics in the population
• 4.1: Total population (in millions)

UNAIDS, “Philippines” http://www.unaids.org/en/Regions_Countries/Countries/philippines.asp Date viewed: 11-15-2007.
• 12,000: Number of people living with HIV
• 0.1%: Adult population living with HIV/AIDS

CIA World Factbook, “Philippines” 1 November 2007 https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/rp.html Date viewed: 11-15-2007.
• 80.9%: Catholics in the population
• 91.1: Total population (in millions)

UNAIDS, “Mexico” http://www.unaids.org/en/Regions_Countries/Countries/mexico.asp Date viewed: 11-15-2007.
• 180,000: Number of people living with HIV
• 0.3%: Adult population living with HIV/AIDS

CIA World Factbook, “Mexico” 1 November 2007 https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/mx.html Date viewed: 11-15-2007.
• 76.5%: Catholics in the population
• 108.7: Total population (in millions)

UNAIDS, “Ghana” http://www.unaids.org/en/Regions_Countries/Countries/ghana.asp Date viewed: 11-15-2007.
• 320,000: Number of people living with HIV
• 2.3%: Adult population living with HIV/AIDS

CIA World Factbook, “Ghana” 1 November 2007 https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/gh.html Date viewed: 11-15-2007.
• 15.1%: Catholics in the population
• 22.9: Total population (in millions)

The World Bank Group, “Health: the problems of AIDS and malaria” 20 June 2003 http://www1.worldbank.org/prem/poverty/data/trends/aids.htm Date viewed: 11-15-2007.
• 70% of AIDS cases are in sub-Saharan Africa.

UNAIDS, “The Impact of AIDS on People and Societies” 2006 Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic (May 2006) http://data.unaids.org/pub/GlobalReport/2006/2006_GR_CH04_en.pdf Date viewed: 11-14-2007.
• A recent four city study in India found that while almost 90% of the HIV-positive women were infected by their husbands, they faced more stigma and discrimination than men and were often blamed for their husbands’ illnesses.
• In Viet Nam, a recent assessment suggests that by 2007, HIV and AIDS may absorb nearly 5% of all public health spending, if spending meets the level required to provide a comprehensive response to the epidemic.
• Botswana lost approximately 17% of its health-care workforce due to AIDS between 1999 and 2005.
• HIV prevalence among South African teachers is 21% among those aged 25–34 and 13% among those aged 35–44.

UNAIDS, “Fast Facts About AIDS” http://www.unaids.org/en/MediaCentre/References/default.asp Date viewed: 11-14-2007.
• In developing countries, only about 15% of those in need are receiving anti-retrovirals, while there is near universal access in high-income countries.

Global Health Council, “HIV/AIDS” http://globalhealth.org/view_top.php3?id=227 Date viewed: 11-14-2007.
• In Swaziland, nearly 40% of pregnant women are HIV-positive.
• In six African countries, (Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland and Zimbabwe), more than one in five of all pregnant women have HIV/AIDS.