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Appendix One
The bigger picture
International statistics

Sexually transmitted diseases impose a huge global health burden.

Total reported STIs per year, excluding HIV and hepatitis – 538,000,000 cases – or 1:11 people in the world – or over 1,000,000 infections caught every day.

Some 236 million people are estimated to have trichomoniasis, with 94 million new cases a year.

Chlamydial infections affect some 162 million people, with 97 million new cases annually.

An estimated 32 million new cases of genital warts occur each year,
and there are some 78 million new cases of gonorrhoea.

Genital herpes infects 21 million people a year, and syphilis 19 million.

More than 9 million people are infected with chancroid each year.

Global HIV and viral hepatitis infections.
Hepatitis B - 350,000,000 chronic carriers.
Hepatitis C - 170,000,000 chronic carriers.
Ref: WHO 1995 & UNAIDS, Dec 2001
People living with HIV – 40 million.
Of whom 600,000 are children.
New infections in 2001 – 5 million
Annual deaths due to HIV/AIDS 2001 – 3 million

Hepatitis B, C and HIV in the UK
According to the Annual Report of the Chief Medical Officer, 2001:
250,000 with Hepatitis C
180,000 with Hepatitis B
and approx. 44,988 HIV positive people (*16)

Condoms are highly effective in preventing HIV.
Cost: US$ 14 for a year’s supply.
http://www.who.int/infectious-disease-report/2002/interventions.html

Latin America and The Caribbean
now has the second highest HIV prevalence rate globally, after sub-Saharan Africa.

Sadly the problems we are trying to prevent through education are universal and increasing.

Life expectancy due to HIV/AIDS in some southern African countries is now in the early 40s - we are working to help others be more fortunate.

We are aiming to help the young people of today stay safer - to allow them to become the adults of tomorrow.