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HIV & AIDS

About the Issue

Sub-Saharan Africa is more heavily affected by HIV and AIDS than any other region of the world. An estimated 24.5 million people were living with HIV at the end of 2005 and approximately 2.7 million new infections occurred during that year. More than 12 million children have been orphaned by AIDS. In many countries of Sub-Saharan Africa, AIDS is erasing decades of progress made in extending life expectancy. Millions of adults are dying young or in early middle age. Average life expectancy in Sub-Saharan Africa is now 47 years, when it could have been 62 without AIDS.

Projects

Here is the work that Comic Relief is currently supporting through the HIV & AIDS programme. To find out more, please click on the organisation's name in the list below.

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Region: Botswana, Kenya, Lesotho, Namibia, Rep. South Africa, Swaziland, Swaziland, Uganda
Organisation name: International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS
Amount: £500000
Duration: 3 years

Region: Rep. South Africa
Organisation name: Bishop Simeon CR Trust
Amount: £904,899
Duration: 5 Years

Region: Southern Africa
Organisation name: Friends of the Treatment Action Campaign (FoTAC)
Amount: £359,109
Duration: 3 years

Region: Uganda
Organisation name: Africa Relief Trust
Amount: £70,000
Duration: 12 months

Region: Zambia
Organisation name: Concern Worldwide
Amount: £220,200
Duration: 2 years

Region: Zambia
Organisation name: Action Against Hunger UK
Amount: £484,100
Duration: 4 years

Region: Africa, Rep. South Africa
Organisation name: Friends of the Children of Southern Africa
Amount: £544,800
Duration: 5 years
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Region: Malawi
Organisation name: One World Action
Amount: £25,000
Duration:

Region: Uganda
Organisation name: Great Nile Trust
Amount: £210,000
Duration: 3 years

Region: Kenya
Organisation name: Nile Volunteers Network
Amount: £17,000
Duration: 4 months

Region: Zambia
Organisation name: Target TB
Amount: £329,800
Duration: 5 years
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Region: Botswana, Kenya, Lesotho, Namibia, Rep. South Africa, Swaziland, Swaziland, Uganda
Organisation name: International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS
Amount: £500,000
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Region: Southern Africa
Organisation name: Friends of the Treatment Action Campaign (FoTAC)
Amount: £359,109
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Region: Zimbabwe, Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia, Malawi
Organisation name: Healthlink Worldwide (Formerly AHRTAG)
Amount: £2,872,969
Duration: 5 years


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