Africa is the priority of the Save Africa from AIDS (SAFA) Campaign because this is where the AIDS pandemic is most severe. The SAFA Campaign covers advocacy, HIV/AIDS education and information, and AIDS prevention resources in the fight against HIV/AIDS. The Campaign focuses on the following: Africa's AIDS orphans, HIV/AIDS literacy among Africa's rural villagers, and the provision of resources for the control and prevention of the spread of HIV/AIDS in Africa.

Facts About the Spread of AIDS in Africa

• 19 million people are estimated to have died of HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa
• 24.5 million African adults and children are living with HIV/AIDS
• More than 5,000 Africans die each day with AIDS. By the year 2005, the figure is predicted to climb to 13,000 deaths each day
• 15,000 new HIV infections occur daily in Africa, more than 10 each minute
• AIDS will wipe out half the teenagers in some African countries
• By 2010, it is projected that there will be 40 million AIDS orphans in Africa
• Africa's development is at risk because of the AIDS pandemic.

The SAFA Campaign is committed to:

• The development and strengthening of partnerships with organizations dealing with HIV/AIDS including the African Unity observers, non-governmental agencies (NGOs) in Africa, the United States, and the Caribbean, among other organizations and groups.
• The provision of financial and other resources to meet the educational, social, and personal needs of AIDS orphans in several African countries.
• A grassroots and protracted campaign to increase HIV/AIDS literacy and promotion of HIV/AIDS control and prevention among rural African villagers.
• The dissemination of medical and other resources in the fight against HIV/AIDS in Africa.

If you are interested in a speaker on AIDS in Africa, making a donation or volunteering with the SAFA campaign, please contact:

Dr. Kwadwo Sarfoh or Dr. Marcia Sutherland, SAFA Co-Chairs
Phone: (518) 442-4248

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