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AIDS: An Islamic Solution |
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Written by abdul baqi
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Wednesday, 08 December 2004 |
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Page 1 of 4  The figures are alarming. Around 40 million people on this globe are affected by HIV. This disease has been creating havoc for 20 years and caused the life of 20 million. Yong age population between 14-24 yrs consist about half the total infected (that means 20 million!!). Similarly women represent around half the total affected population (again 20 million). In 2003, almost 5 million people got newly affected by HIV, the greatest number since the outbreak of the epidemic. Every day around 12,000 person are joining the AIDS club, half of them are young. It's the No. 1 death cause in Africa and No. 4 in the world.
 Eastern Asia is the fastest growing region for this disease where a 50% increase is noticed between 2002 and 2004. The second fastest region is Eastern Europe and Central Asia with an increase of 40%. Russia has the largest epidemic in Europe. Brazil has by far the most people living in AIDS. The worst affected region by HIV is the sub-Saharan Africa where a prevalence of close to 6% is observed in some countries and this region alone represents around 65% of the worlds HIV cases. The second worse affected region is the Caribbean islands. High income countries (US and Western Europe) are not safe from this disease. Here, some advanced antiretroviral treatment prolonged the life expectations. The affected has doubled between 1997 and 2002 in western Europe, and in UK it is the fastest growing serious health problem. The region of North Africa and Middle East (that is the Islamic Countries) remains the safest among the whole globe, I will explain later why that is so! |
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 15 July 2008 )
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