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Studies suggest that there will be 18 Million Aids Orphans in Africa by 2010

Posted on July 13, 2004

Via Africana.com:

AIDS orphans in sub-Saharan Africa will top 18 million by 2010 and the pandemic threatens a "tidal wave" of death affecting children worldwide, the UN and US warned Tuesday.

Despite the bleak predictions, it's still not to late to slow the spread of AIDS in Africa and around the world. I Promise Africa, by Jerry Henry, provides a more personal picture of the epidemic.

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