BREAK THE SILENCE

WORLD AIDS DAY ON 1ST DECEMBER 2007

VISIT www.worldaidsday.org FOR ALL THE FACTS.

MORE THAN 70,000 PEOPLE IN THE UK ARE LIVING WITH HIV AND THIS NUMBER IS INCREASING.

40 MILLION PEOPLE WORLDWIDE ARE LIVING WITH HIV.

LAST YEAR 7,450 NEW CASES WERE DIAGNOSED LAST YEAR IN THE UK.

SINCE 1999 MORE CASES HAVE BEEN DIAGNOSEDIN STRAIGHT PEOPLE THAN THOSE IN GAY MEN.

IN 2006 THERE WERE 2.9 MILLION DEATHS FROM AIDS, 2.6 MILLION IN ADULTS AND 380,000 CHILDREN UNDER 15.

ALTHOUGH THERE IS STILL NO CURE FOR HIV/AIDS TREATMENT IS AVAILABLE THAT CAN PROLONG LIFE.

PLEASE WEAR A RED RIBBON AND ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO TALK ABOUT HIV/AIDS, AS WELL AS SUPPORTING THE VARIOUS CHARITIES WHO ARE HELPING PEOPLE LIVE WITH HIV/AIDS.

THANK YOU.