HIV/AIDS in Zambia
- AIDS kills up to 400 people a day in Zambia.
- AIDS has orphaned over 1 million children in Zambia.
- 75% of all Zambian families are caring for at least one orphan.
- 50% of all Zambian children under the age of 15 have lost one parent to AIDS.
- More than 50% of all hospital beds in Zambia are now occupied by HIV-related cases.
- Regionally, about a million children urgently need AIDS medications or face imminent death; currently, less than 20% of these children are finding their way to treatment.