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AIDS, the Acquired Immuno-Deficiency Syndrome, is the late stage of infection caused by a virus, the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). Globally an estimated 34 million people are now living with HIV/AIDS. Of this number, 14 million are women and 1.2 are children under fourteen years of age.
A volunteer holding a child with AIDS, in Port-au-Prince. [c. 1999]

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (front, right) chats with Annie Lennox, newly-appointed Goodwill Ambassador for the Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), and UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé, inside the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington, D.C., during the 2010 Women Deliver conference.

An HIV+ girl in a bed at the Kangasati Health Centre in Uganda.

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Headline AIDS In Tanzania

Caption Description This Tanzanian woman's husband recently died of AIDS, leaving her alone to take care of their five children. She has received some help from WAMATA, a local NGO assisting people with HIV/AIDS and their families. WAMATA is an acronym for the Kiswahili name ""Walio Katika Mapambano na AIDS Tanzania"" or ""People in the Fight agains AIDS in Tanzania"".

Unique Identifier UN7312755

NICA ID 19901

Production Date 01/01/2001 9:44:27 AM

Country United Republic of Tanzania

Credit UN Photo/Louise Gubb

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