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Running head: AIDS EPIDEMIC

AIDS Epidemic


Abstract

The global HIV/ AIDS pandemic constitutes one of the most pressing threats known to mankind. Over the past 20 years, more than 65 million people have become infected with HIV/ AIDS. More than 25 million have died. 1 Roughly 14 million children have lost one or both parents due to AIDS. By 2010 it is estimated that approximately 100 million people will have been infected and that there will be 25 million AIDS orphans worldwide. A humanitarian catastrophe of incomparable proportions, the
Pandemic is also a threat to global economic and geopolitical stability and a critical strategic threat to the United States.


References
AIDS. (2007, February 10). In Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Retrieved February 10, 2007, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

Geneva, & UNAIDS. (2004). 2004 Report on the Global Aids Epidemic, Retrieved from
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Approximate Pages: 7 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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