This is a picture of an HIV-positive mother with her uninfected daughter. There were an estimated 2 million women newly infected with HIV in 2001 worldwide. The estimated number of women living with HIV/AIDS worldwide is 18.5 million. More about the global HIV/AIDS epidemic can be found at http://www.avert.org/globalstats.htm

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Photo credit: � UNAIDS/Noorami