HIV
Vaccine Research: Real People, Real Progress
 The
first cases of what would later become known as AIDS were
reported in the U.S. in June of 1981. Over half a million
Americans have died of AIDS since the epidemic began.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimate
that as many as 950,000 Americans are living with HIV, and
more than one-third of them do not know it.
Each year, over 40,000 people in the U.S. become infected
with HIV, a rate that has remained virtually unchanged in
recent years. Seventy percent are men and thirty percent are
women. Of these, half are younger than 25 years of age.
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HIV/AIDS
IN THE WORLD
 According
to the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, HIV/AIDS
is a worldwide pandemic:
Today, approximately 40 million people are estimated to be
living with HIV/AIDS. Of these, 37 million are adults and
2.5 million are children under the age of 15.
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HIV Vaccine Awareness Day is commemorated with an upside-down
AIDS Ribbon. The upside-down red AIDS ribbon brings attention
to HIV Vaccine Awareness Day and gives individuals a unique
way to show their personal awareness about HIV vaccine research.
The upside-down red AIDS ribbon forms a “V,” for
“vaccines,” the vision of a world without AIDS
and symbolizes the urgent need to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS.
By encouraging people to wear their red AIDS ribbon upside
down on May 18, we are recognizing the value of HIV vaccine
research, the commitment to find vaccines that work and the
advances that are being made.
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