analogbeat:

A total of 33 million people now live with HIV/AIDS.

Two million of them are under the age of 15.

In 2008, an estimated 2.7 million people were infected with HIV.

Every day 7,397 people contract HIV—308 every hour.

In 2008, 2.0 million people died from AIDS.

In the country, 4,218 Filipinos have been infected since 1984.

Filipinos infected in 2009, and 80 Filipinos infected in the month of October 2009 alone.

HIV/AIDS has become an epidemic in the country.

If you have reason to suspect you are infected, have yourself tested.

Be informed. Be vigilant. Be responsible. Spread the word.

December 1 is World AIDS Day. It’s not something we usually talk about. But the issue is real and we have to do something about it. At the very least, we can understand the problem and recognize that we can do something to be part of the solution.

Other sources:

http://www.doh.gov.ph/pnac/

http://www.aidsphil.org/index.htm

http://www.worldaidsday.org/

http://www.worldaidscampaign.org/

http://lightforrights.org/

(via abbyagoncillo)