AIDS Awareness Day + 1

Posted on December 1, 2009

Since the start of global epidemic ~60 million people worldwide have been infected, 25 million have died. In sub-Saharan Africa it has orphaned more than 14 million children. In other parts of the world, here’s how many are living with AIDS today:

  • North America: nearly 2 million
  • Latin America: over 2.5 million
  • Europe:  over 1.5 Million
  • Asia: over 5 million

For more on the ravages of the epidemic and how you can help, see CARE’s reports on global AIDS.

About Andrés

Andrés Tapia is President of Diversity Best Practices, the preemininet diversity and inclusion thinktank and consultancy. Andrés also served as Hewitt’s Chief Diversity Officer and Emerging Workforce Solutions Leader for seven years, where he was responsible for leading the company’s diversity vision and strategies and for consulting with Hewitt's FORTUNE 500 clients. He is the author of The Inclusion Paradox: The Obama Era and the Transformation of Global Diversity. Find his bio here.

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