Campaigns

Breast Cancer Awareness 

African women are diagnosed most often between 35 and 45 years, and more than fifteen years earlier than women in Europe and North America. The mortality rate seen among women in sub-Saharan Africa is disproportionately high compared to the incident rate, as in African American women. Their tumors tend to be very aggressive with short periods of time between the onset of symptoms and diagnosis. Moreover, the tumors at diagnosis also tend to be higher grade, often involving axillary lymph nodes and, therefore, higher stages disease with worse prognoses. Poor prognosis is compounded by resource poor healthcare infrastructure, which offers limited treatment options and underutilizes effective treatments

Source : Science Daily

HIV/AIDS Awareness & Prevention

  1. Of the 33.3 million people living with HIV/AIDS across the world, 22.5 million are in Africa.
  2. More than 29.4% of people are said to be living with HIV/AIDS in South Africa, the highest number of any country in the world.
  3. In 2009, 1.8 million people died due to HIV/AIDS. 1.3 million lived in Africa.
  4. Women account for 59% of adults aged 15 and over said to be living with HIV/AIDS in Africa.
  5. South Africa has been hardest hit by the AIDS epidemic. One in five adults is HIV positive.
  6. South Africa also has one of the highest numbers of children under 15 living with HIV/AIDS in the world; estimates range from 180,000 to 280,000.
  7. 2.5 million people in Africa receive Antiretroviral Therapy (ART), medications for the treatment of infection by retroviruses, primarily HIV.
  8. An additional 8.7 million are in need of ART.
  9. There are 15 million AIDS orphans living around the world, 13 million of whom are in Africa.
  10. HIV is the leading cause of death in sub-Saharan Africa