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Why South Africa?
HIV/AIDS Statistics
- 350,000 children and adults died of AIDS in South Africa in 2007
- 90% of all HIV positive children live in South Africa
- 1.4 million children aged 0-14 years were orphaned in South Africa in 2007 as a result of HIV/AIDS compared to 400,000 in 2001
View printable poster from iThemba Lethu milk bank director, Penny Reimers, on the need for donor milk in South Africa.
In addition to providing milk to South Africa, we hope to continue to expand our efforts to serve infants in urgent need around the world. Due to the incredible support of our milk donors, the international community, and Quick International Courier, IBMP was able to make an emergency shipment to the Philippines after the devastating effects of typhoon Ondoy and to Haiti after the earthquake in 2010.
Reference:
UNAIDS. (2008). 2008 Report on Global AIDS Epidemic. Retrieved December 2, 2008, from http://www.unaids.org/en/
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