AIDS>Introduction

01.12.2003

Stop Global Aids © Campaign to Stop Global AIDS

In spite of the fact that throughout the 1990's, due to the wars and conflicts in the regions of Central and Eastern Europe, the subject of HIV/AIDS was largely pushed to the margins of public interest, the social problems associated with it are slowly returning to our everyday lives. The spreading of HIV, although slowed down a notch, still goes on, despite the general silence that surrounds it. For that reason, we present to you an overview of the AIDS issue, but also of the latest developments and events in the field of the fight against that disease.

Twenty years after the first clinical diagnosis that confirmed that existence of the "acquired immune-deficiency syndrome" AIDS became on of the most dangerous diseases that humanity ever faced. Since the start of the epidemic, over 60 million people have been infected with the HIV, and HIV/AIDS have spread around to the effect that it became the leading cause of death in sub-Saharan Africa. Globally, it holds the fourth place on the list of most common causes of death.

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