How many children have been orphaned by AIDS?
By the end of 2004, an estimated 15 million children had lost one or both parents to AIDS—the vast majority in Africa—and many millions more were affected. Risk factors such as missed opportunities for education, ill health, abuse and exploitation threaten their most fundamental rights and keep them enmeshed in poverty. The pandemic is deepening poverty in entire communities and societies, with children often being the first to feel the brunt of the deprivation.
